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During Donald Dean's career in the Navy, the thing he enjoyed most was sailing along a nice smooth sea when he was off...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

To be a member of the Naval Armed Guard, John Laster said, a sailor had to have 20-20 vision, be in good health, and...

Willie Wesley Thompson was born in April 1918 in Modeste, Louisiana. His paternal grandparents were former slaves and...

David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] reminded Noah Lewis of Hawaii. It was hot all the time. On Guam, Lewis...

Lillian Hoover was kept informed of what was going on in the war. Her base [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Technical...

Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...

On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s...

Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...

Violet Walsh served in World War 2 in order to do her part in the war, and she is glad she volunteered. She knows that...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the Liberty Ship SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) were all new to the...

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