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15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...

F.M. Richard Simons was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania in December 1925. He lived there his whole life. He attended...

In the spring of 1946, Hugh Ettinger was stationed at Rongerik Atoll [Annotator’s Note: Rongerik Atoll, Marshall...

Charles Poston was born in October 1921 in Austin, Arkansas but was raised in Many, Louisiana with two younger brothers...

Norman Riggsby was born on 9 June 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in a small town in Michigan near Detroit. It...

Leroy Fadem was detached from his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Stevens (DD-479)] in October 1944. He flew back to the...

Norman Raner enlisted on 18 May 1941. He went to Port Des Moines [Annotator's Note: Port of Des Moines, Iowa] and then...

Robert Bassemir was born in May 1924 in Ridgewood, New York. He grew up with a brother and a sister. His brother served...

After flight school Darrell Welch joined the 27th Squadron, which is the oldest squadron, and the 1st Group, which is...

Larry Engmann was born in February 1925 and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of six children. However, he lost...

After joining the Navy, Douglas Holmes Blair was assigned to the USS Hampden County (LST-803). The crew left New...

Sam V. Abate was born in Saint Rose, Louisiana in November 1920. He lived there for the rest of his life after he came...

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