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When the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: The Japanese surrender was announced 15 August 1945, and officially...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....

Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...

Louis Andriano was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the war ended. There were no newspapers aboard...

Harry A. Donovan was assigned to a transport ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Leon (APA-48)] and trained for a month on...

Joseph Brannan returned to New York with the PT-305 and two other boats on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank...

James Oney was discharged 30 November 1946 [Annotator's Note: as a Ship's Cook 1st Class]. He thought about a career....

Windom Joseph Burton was an aviation metalsmith 1st class when he was discharged. He might have received a promotion to...

Sicily [Annotator's Note: Operation Husky, 9 July to 17 August 1943, Sicily, Italy] was the most difficult invasion...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Clem Thrift said the United States was suffering under the threat of German submarine attacks, so the destroyer escorts...

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