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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 2
Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left Pearl Harbor enroute to Jap
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 3
When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up.
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 4
There was a problem with some of the arming switches in the Bombing 3 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3] bombers.
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 5
From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below.
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 6
Merrill's roommate was Olie Hansen.After a raid the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, CV-6] was short on pil
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 7
By the time the second strike was launched, the first attack on Hiryu [Annotator's Note: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu], the air group had t
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 8
All four Japanese carriers were sunk during the Battle of Midway.
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Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 9
The Saratoga [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, CV-3] was getting ready to leave San Diego for Pearl Harbor when the Japanese a
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Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Battle of Saipan
Fortunately, the boat Michael Mervosh was in did not get hit [Annotator's Note: by Japanese artillery fire during the landings on Saipan on 15
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Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Battle of Tinian
[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.
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Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Being Wounded and Scavenging From the Dead
Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did.
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Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Bombardment of Iwo Jima and Feelings Toward the Japanese Soldiers
Landing on Iwo Jima was not much different to Michael Mervosh and his men than some of their other amphibious landings.