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Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

Ben Epstein was born in April 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of four sons of Russian immigrants. His father...

James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...

After Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands], Henry James...

When Noah Lewis got to Hawaii, there was only one hotel near Waikiki Beach [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii], but he...

George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...

Jack Werner felt that he was at home when he came to the United States. It seemed that this is where he belonged. It...

Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...

The USS Honolulu (CL-48) went back to San Francisco and Ray Emory was heading for Melbourne, Australia three or four...

Richard "Dick" Schneider was born in Akron, Ohio in March 1923. His family included his parents, one sister, and one...

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