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Shaw, Claude Early Life and Education
Claude Bufford Shaw grew up around Carson Lake [Annotator's Note: Carson Lake, Arkansas] until he was about 11 years...
Micheel, Vernon L. Battle of Midway-First Flight
Vernon Micheel first flew with the whole air group on the morning of 4 June [Annotator's Note: Battle of Midway, 4 to 7...
Kopp, Alois Start of the War and Loss of the USS Houston (CA-20)
Alois Kopp volunteered to go on the USS Houston (CA-30) in 1939 for deployment overseas. The ship was stationed in...
Emory, Ray Plying the Pacific
The USS Honolulu (CL-48) went back to San Francisco and Ray Emory was heading for Melbourne, Australia three or four...
Laster, John Thomas Duty After War’s End
When the war in Europe ended, John Laster and others in his gun crew were pulled off their ship in Port Said, Egypt....
Thompson, Willie Family and Education
Willie Wesley Thompson's grandmother, who had been a slave, remembered when she was seven years old the Emancipation...
Lewis, Noah Experiencing Racism on Guam
Noah Lewis remembers the people on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] were friendly towards black people....
Hoover, Lillian Prewar to WAVES
Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 3
They missed the Battle of the Coral Sea. They were told that the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown was damaged....
Brock, Pete Career in Agriculture
Pete Brock was discharged from the Navy in Seattle, Washington in June 1946 with the rating of signalman third class....
Simmons, Curt Sea and Shore Duty
The first ship Curt Simmons served aboard was the old Panamanian flagged ship El Murante [Annotator's Note: unsure of...
Spaetgens, William Invasion of Sicily
William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...

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