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Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

One of the guys that James Ramage was flying with looked back at one of the burning Japanese carriers and said, "Look...

It was amazing to Harold Ward to see how quickly they dumped stuff after the war was over. They were heading back to...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...

Fulton Taylor used the GI Bill to help pay his tuition for college. He graduated from Louisiana State University in...

William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...

[Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage, commanded Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10), a scout-...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

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