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Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...

Robert D. Shaner had some exciting times aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475]. They had gotten back from...

[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The...

Lewis M. Lee, Sr. was assigned to one of the requisitioned merchant ships, and was hauling troops to Midway and other...

Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...

Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...

[Annotator’s Note: The video begins with interviewee talking about how he wanted to write a book and working with a...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was stationed at a base hospital at the naval facility in Millington, Tennessee. In February 1944,...

Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

Buck Donaldson went to Portland to get ready to go to Manila, the Philippines. Before they got there, the Japanese...

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