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Starnes, James Segment 1
Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living in Atlanta.
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Starnes, James Segment 2
They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotators Note: aboard the USS Boise in December 1941].
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Starnes, James Segment 3
They started back to Australia to begin the process of removing the dead from the ship [Annotators Note: from the USS Boise in 1942].
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Starnes, James Segment 4
From Pearl Harbor they were sent to the Pacific [Annotators Note: the crew of the USS Missouri in January 1945] and were ordered to prepare for th
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Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotators Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled with planes in a ceremonial s
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Starnes, James Segment 6
Starnes has thought about the night the USS Boise ambushed the Tokyo Express many times.
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Starnes, James Segment 7
Captain Murray [Annotators Note: Captain Stuart S. Murray] was the captain on the USS Missouri.
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Starnes, James Segment 8
Starnes wanted the USS Missouri to live out the rest of her days as a museum ship in San Francisco so that more school kids would have access to it
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Staymates, Arthur Battle of the Bulge
Arthur Staymates was told by Hermann Göring that Hitler ordered 60,000 troops from the Eastern [Annotator's Note: Russian] Front to drive the
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Staymates, Arthur Becoming a Soldier
Arthur Staymates had a typical, hard training before he left the States but it was not too difficult for him.
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Staymates, Arthur Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Arthur Staymates was presented the Bronze Star for actions performed early in his combat.
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Staymates, Arthur Confronting Hermann Göring
Arthur Staymates studied with the MPs [Annotator's Note: military police] prior to leading the guards during the Nuremburg Trials.