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Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...

Richmond Hamilton describes squadron life as his first exposure to an integrated unit where he had real...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River...

Peter Hebert’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was wanting to join the Navy and the patriotism of the country...

William Hill’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was cleaning underneath the deck because he had to crawl around...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow went through boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Sampson, New York] and then was trained as a navigator...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...

News that the war had ended seemed to daze Randall Edwards and his fellow prisoners of war initially. Once they got...

Wahlen said he hesitated talking about the war when he came home, but sometimes the pressure was put on him to talk....

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

Otis Kight was participating in flight operations when the Japanese attacked Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (...

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