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Kerner, John Alcohol and Armies
Besides morphine and cigarettes, John Kerner also carried along scotch. Back in England, they were worried the Germans...
Marks, James Brisbane, Australia
James Marks was assigned to the USS Nassau (CVE-16), an escort aircraft carrier, as a chaplain. It was not a very fast...
Heinecke, Gustave Deployment in the Pacific
Gustave Heinecke's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LCS(L)(3)–1] progressed from Boston, through the Panama Canal, to...
Frazier, Glenn Falling Back to the Bataan Peninsula
Glenn Frazier was in the Philippines on 8 December 1941 when the war started. [Annotator's Note: The date difference is...
West, Gerald L. Landing on Guadalcanal
Gerald West was transported from Tulagi to Guadalcanal aboard the USS Colhoun (APD-2). The USS Colhoun was sunk while...
Carson, Benjamin Makin Island Raid
Benjamin Carson had trained at Pearl Harbor in preparation for the raid on Makin Island. They boarded the submarines...
Spaetgens, William Pacific Duty
William Leo Spaetgens returned to Treasure Island near San Francisco after his leave at home. At that point, he was...
Singlaub, John Parachute Designs
John Singlaub compared British to American parachutes. The British chute was different in many ways compared to the...
Woolf, Basil Preparing for D-Day
Basil Woolf was in England moving around different coasts before they came into some work. They were preparing for...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Taking Out a Dam
Benjamin Schleider was serving with the 6th Armored Division when they started welding flanges to the steel tracks...
Grieves, Billy Transferred to the USS Lizardfish (SS-373)
Billy Grieves made 11 runs on the submarine Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)]. He left the Thresher...
Higgins, Malcom Two Tough Missions, Schweinfurt and Preparing to Bail Out
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his crew] did everything they could do to keep their plane in the air after...