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Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

Warren Nolan remembers one particular close call around Okinawa. There was an enemy plane coming in from pretty far out...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Bailey continued on. After he passed Naha [Annotators Note: May 1945, Naha, Okinawa] he encountered civilians for the...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Howard Fox sailed on the USS Catoctin (AGC-5) through the Panama Canal to the west coast and Hawaii. He rode out the...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

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