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J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

Emil Kesselman liked being a civilian and a father, and did not have any ideas of going back in the service [Annotator’...

Walter Amoss reached the Imperial Hotel [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] where the headquarters for MacArthur [...

Donald H. "Don" Bee saw a man who was captured after he got out of his airplane waving at the Americans [Annotator's...

John Kreutzberg’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on...

After World War 2, William C. Ellzey remained in the Navy until 1961. He was assigned to the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in...

Francis Bucher was training pilots for night flying [Annotator's Note: at Naval Air Station Ellyson Field, Pensacola,...

Dr. Robert Beynon was aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) for missions seven through nine. The seventh was a lifeguard duty...

Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer. His job was to make sure the plane was...

Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...

Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

Joseph Brannan remembered that the PT-305 had three engines but after living on it for about a year, he could not...

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