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Alvin Barnes was born December in 1925 in Minden, Nebraska. His family moved from the small Midwestern town and bought...

Jake Ussery was aboard the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] following the American recapture of the...

As Lee O. McKinnon was on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Calvert (APA-32)] that had reached North Africa for an...

John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...

Richard Welch joined the Navy in November 1944 and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training [Annotator's Note: Naval...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

After the war, Richard H. Kerr enlisted into the regular Navy and remained in service for 30 years. His first...

William Cassady was assigned to the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] in 1943. They went into...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator. He reported aboard the battleship USS...

While Harry Boughman was on leave in the United States, the war ended in Europe. He was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas...

Baptiste feels that a lot of talent was lost by the navy segregating them. He used to talk to his officers about it.He...

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