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Donaldson, Buck Life Aboard Ship
Buck Donaldson could handle the movie machine. They took the troops from San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...
Bennett, Loren Life Aboard Ship
Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life Aboard Ship
Floyd James Reissig was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Navy. He served as a Coxswain [Annotator's Note: person in...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Life aboard Ship
Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...
Hammer, Richard Life aboard Ship
Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...
Dixon, Richard Life Aboard Ship
While they were under tow, a typical day aboard the USS YR-69 [Annotator's Note: non-self-propelled floating workshop]...
Sartori, Paul Life Aboard Ship
Paul Sartori Jr. was a boatsman’s mate second class. He did maintenance work and was a gunner. They were on the ship...
O'Brien, William L. Life Aboard Ship
William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...
Martin, Robert Life Aboard Ship
Robert Martin went to Europe as the radio operator on the USS LST-515. It was cold. Everyone had to stand watch. He...
Smith, Dale Life Aboard Ship
Dale Smith was aboard the USS Proteus (AS-19) 99 percent of the time. They had movies and a huge mess hall. If no...
Eshelman, Raymond Life Aboard Ship
Ray Eshelman had been on USS LST-925 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts, before reporting aboard USS...
Carman, Victor Life Aboard Ship
Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...
Dean, Donald Life Aboard the USS Balduck (ADP-132)
Donald Dean had been impressed when he first saw the brand new ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Balduck (APD-132)]. The...
Newsom, James Life Aboard the USS Cole (DD-155)
While James Newsom was aboard the Cole [Annotator's Note: USS Cole (DD-155)], he slept back aft by the engineers. That...
Frisco, Paul LIfe Aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797)
Paul J. Frisco's regular watch station aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the first year or so he was aboard was in...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Life Aboard the USS Essex (CV-9)
Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...
Johnson, John Life Aboard the USS Liddle (ADP-60)
John E. Johnson described accommodations on the APD [Annotator's Note: Johnson served aboard the high speed transport...
Buckley, James Life Aboard the USS LST-1013
James Buckley was assigned to the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank. It was as long as football field and 50 feet wide...
Elliott, Norman Life Aboard the USS Pasadena (CL-65)
After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...
Hyland, Everett Life Aboard the USS Pennsyvlania (BB-38)
[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator. He reported aboard the battleship USS...
Fishman, Arthur Life Aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)
Arthur Fishman's bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)] was near the engine room below deck. He...
Burke, Murphy Life Aboard the USS Yarnell (DD-541)
Murphy Burke continued his training while he waited for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yarnell (DD-541)] to be...
Caraway, John Life After the Navy and Reflections
John Caraway stayed in the reserves and was called up when the Korean War broke out. In October 1950, he shipped out of...
Gibfried, Paul Life After the War
After the war, Paul Gibfried joined the American Legion [Annotator's Note: nonprofit organization of U.S. war veterans...
Lebow, Cleatus Life and Entrance Into Service
Cleatus Lebow was born in 1924 in Happy, Texas. He grew up as one of 11 children during the Great Depression, but, as a...
Purvis, Frank Life and Race on the USS Snowden (DE-246)
Frank Purvis had never been to sea before. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Snowden (DE-246)] was commissioned with a...
Osgood, Edgar Life as a Navigator
Edgar De Pue Osgood was on anti-submarine and escort duty [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...
Edwards, Randall Life as a Prisoner in Mukden
Randall Edwards likened the old Chinese army camp where he was held prisoner to a group of American-style hog houses....
Faust, Frank Life as a Submarine Doctor
While in Hawaii, Frank Faust can remember submarines would come in for repair and overhaul, and the crew members would...
Haggerty, June Life as a WAVE
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was 23 years old when she went into the Navy. Her brothers were in the service already...
Donaldson, Buck Life at Sea
Buck Donaldson had to be able to tell the difference between Morse code sounds [Annotator’s Note: Morse code is a...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life at Sea
Floyd James Reissig arrived at the Harry Lee [Annotator's Note: USS Harry Lee (APA-10)] a week and a half before he...
McCorriston, James "Fran McCorriston" Life at Sea
Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...
Guderian, Emmett Life at Sea
The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" Life at Sea
Francis Borrell's first cruise was in the Atlantic Ocean. Borrell believes Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator...
Twible, Harlan Life Before the War
Harlan Twible was born in Gilbertville, Massachusetts in March 1922. He spent his first 18 years in Gilbertville but...

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