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Baptiste, Wallace Segment 7
After Baptiste left the Solomons he was sent to new construction. He was sent to the hospital because he lost his...
Starnes, James Segment 7
Captain Murray [Annotator’s Note: Captain Stuart S. Murray] was the captain on the USS Missouri. Starnes and Murray got...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 7
They [Annotator’s Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 7
When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 7
After returning to his carrier, Norman Kleiss got a cup of coffee and prepared for his next flight. About that time a...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 8
Ari Phoutrides's only thought of that day [Annotator's Note: a kamikaze attack on 15 to 16 April 1945] was that it was...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 8
After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] the action really slowed down...
Brooks, Howard Segment 8
Brooks never once had any contact with the Red Cross. At 1 point they were each issued 1 item out of a Red Cross parcel...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 8
All four Japanese carriers were sunk during the Battle of Midway. The Japanese plan had been to draw the American...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 8
At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...
Karr, Robert Segment 8
The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 8
When Delewski resumed firing he had to sit in a different position to fire his gun. The fire had warped the area where...
Ward, Harold Segment 8
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Crain, Joe Segment 8
After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 8
James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 8
Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...
Crain, Joe Segment 8
After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 8
Bombing 6 and Scouting 8 had different ready rooms and different skippers, but the guys interacted with each other....
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 8
Living aboard the USS Enterprise was tough. Feightner slept in a hammock under a 5 inch gun mount. Other pilots bunked...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 8
The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 8
When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...
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...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 8
Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotator’s Note: after being hit during the...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 8
One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 8
During this attack there was only one plane lost. As Norman Kleiss was heading back to the carrier he came across...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Brooks, Howard Segment 9
Brooks group was moved to a permanent camp which was an old French Colonial army camp. It was a nice place and the food...
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...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 9
Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet] did not receive...
Karr, Robert Segment 9
K.D. Jones was Karr's pointer on the gun mount. Jones and Karr were able to get down and crawl out onto the deck. They...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 9
The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...
Ward, Harold Segment 9
Harold Ward has never seen any history on what happened to the Helena [Annotators Note: USS Helena (CL-50)], the...
Crain, Joe Segment 9
When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 9
James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 9
Vejtasa doesn't know of anyone being lost during the attack. The farther away they got from the scene, the worse the...
Crain, Joe Segment 9
Crain watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He is normally able to keep his emotions...

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