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Shown, Donald Postwar
Given 30 days survivor leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Herbert Shown returned home to his p
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Shown, Donald Repair and Fatal Voyage
Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze attack off Okinawa in March 1945
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Shown, Donald Surviving the Indianapolis Sinking
Donald Herbert Shown picked up a lifejacket from the grouping he found in nets on the boat deck [Annotator’s Note: Chief Petty Officer Shown was a
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Shown, Donald Training, Indianapolis and Pearl Harbor
Donald Herbert Shown joined the Navy and completed boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] in the fall of 1939.
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Shown, Donald USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Duty
Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the time of the Battle of Midway [A
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Shown, Donald War Comes to the Pacific
Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: Shown had become a crewman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1939] headed to the South Pacific where h
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Sibley, Allen Basic Training, Guam, and War's End
Allen Ray Sibley was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: on 24 February 1944].
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Sibley, Allen Postwar Life
After he left the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1947], Allen Ray Sibley took a test for his GED [Annotator's Note: acronym for Tests of Gene
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Sibley, Allen Postwar Occupation of Iwo Jima
Allen Ray Sibley has a story about the Japanese General [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army General Tadamichi Kuribayashi] who was in co
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Sibley, Allen Prewar Life to Guam
Allen Ray Sibley was born in November 1925 in Livingston Parish [Annotator's Note: Livingston Parish, Louisiana].
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Sibley, Allen Reenlistment and First Combat Kill
Allen Ray Sibley came home and reenlisted.
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Sibley, Allen Reflections
Allen Ray Sibley almost stayed in the Army. He liked being a soldier. He is glad he did not stay in because he would not have had the wife he has.