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When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...

Karr believed that Admiral Becton [Annotator's Note: F. Julian Becton was the Commander of the Laffey] was a very, very...

John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...

[Annotator’s Note: People talking in the background is audible throughout segment.] James Cassidy feels lucky that he...

Charles Chartier thought he would go where it was nice and warm. He joined his outfit overseas. As they left Seattle,...

They built the dugout for 3 people. They would run around and get food, and they would work all night. After...

Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had 16 weeks of Army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight weeks...

Arthur Pendleton does not remember who was in the hole with him [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru...

Lowell Kermit Brueland born in a small town in Iowa. He was raised on farm two miles from town. Brueland’s father was...

Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] was inducted into the service at Camp Grant, Illinois then sent to Camp...

After he was inducted into the Army, Joseph Simpson first went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Well, Texas for about three...

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