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[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

J. W. Childs was at the Battle of Midway, but remembers nothing in particular about the event. The USS Worden (DD-352)...

Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...

Richard Witaker volunteered for the United States Marine Corps because he was impressed by his friends who had done so...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

Robert Riddle went to San Pedro, California for boot camp. He was excited to see the ocean for the first time, and...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...

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