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Clay, Russell Navy Buddies and Friendships
At Pearl Harbor, Russell Clay's battle station was on the 1.1 inch pom-pom guns. [Annotator's Note: Clay was a crewman...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Navy Corpsmen
Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...
Masters, Robert Navy Experience and War's End
Robert Masters's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-601] came under air raids on several occasions while in port in Tunis...
Pesky, John Navy Hijinks
John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...
Rupp, William Navy IBM Specialist
William Rupp was trained to maintain, repair, and operate IBM machines by the Navy. He also attended night school...
Wade, Nelsyn Navy Life
While on watch duty [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Aldebaran (AF-10)], Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade studied the stars....
Cohn, Major Navy Life
Major Cohn served in the Pacific during the war. He received his service ribbon for performing his duty. He had no...
Gibfried, Paul Navy Life Through the War
In May 1944, Paul Gibfried was asked to put together a report [Annotator's Note: while working in the Office of the...
Waggoner, Wesley Navy SeaBea
Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...
Daniel, Randolph Navy Service
Randolph Daniel landed on Wake Island after the bombs dropped on Japan in August [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...
Gehrett, John Navy Supply Officer in Australia
John Gehrett reached Sydney [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit, Gehrett reached Sydney,...
Hall, Meda Navy Training
Meda Royce Hall was born in November 1923 in Emanuel County, Georgia. He was the youngest of seven children. During the...
St. Germain, John Navy Training and Deployment
After enlisting in the Navy, John St. Germain had his boot camp training in Farragut, Idaho [Annotator’s Note: Farragut...
Phillips, Cass Navy Training and Pearl Harbor
Cass Phillips did his Navy training in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California.]. He was given a test for...
Winslow, Lawson Navy V-12 Program
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior was at the lowest enlisted rank - E1 - when he participated in the Navy V-12 program [...
Pesky, John Navy Years
John “Johnny” Pesky volunteered for the Navy because he did not want to be drafted. He got into a program where he was...
Spera, George Nazi Atrocity
George Spera and the troops of the 102nd Infantry Division passed through the town of Gardelegen, Germany without...
Foy, John Nazi Concentration Camps
When John Foy's unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division] came...
Malec, Henry Near Death Experiences
There were several instances when Henry Malec could have been killed. While advancing on the German city of Regensburg...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Nebelwerfers and 88s
While in combat in the Normandy's hedgerow country, an entire patrol from John Witmeyer's unit was killed by a German...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Never Withdraw
[Annotator's Note: Benjamin Schleider was served in the Army in the 6th Armored Division as an aid to the division...
Hall, Clayton New Caledonia to Guadalcanal
Clayton Hall got to New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: New Caledonia, Oceania] and the ship lost a prop [Annotator's Note...
Shames, Edward New Duty Assignments
Now that Edward Shames was an officer as well, he could tell Lieutenant Nye [Annotator's Note: US Army First Lieutenant...
Keller, Richard New Georgia
Richard Keller did not get promoted to captain until after they were in combat. They went straight into the jungle to...
Addison, Robert New Georgia
Following departure from Guadalcanal, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was...
West, Gerald L. New Georgia
After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...
DiFulco, Jerome New Georgia and Bougainville
Jerome Paul DiFulco landed at Munda in New Georgia [Annotator's Note: New Georgia, Solomon Islands with Company A,...
Fristoe, Claud New Guinea
Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. arrived in New Guinea at an airbase formed out of the jungle [Annotator's Note: he was a tail...
Marcarelli, Ralph New Guinea
Ralph Marcarelli saw nothing but jungle when he landed at Milne Bay, New Guinea. He came from the city to the jungle....
Surratt, Carey New Guinea
Carey Suratt left the United States Army Transport Imperial [Annotator's Note: USAT Imperial], and walked through mud...
Savage, Frank New Guinea
Frank Savage's first duty was to acclimate to the climate and patrol up the coast of New Guinea. The Japanese had moved...
Raner, Norman New Lieutenant
To Norman Raner, the enemy [Annotator's Note: the German Army forces he faced in the deserts of North Africa] was...
Matsumoto, Roy Nhpum Ga Aftermath
Roy H. Matsumoto and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Blue Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional...
Kinney, Gabriel Nhpum Ga and First Contact with the Enemy
Gabriel Kinney and the 2nd Battalion [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, Blue Combat Team, 5307th Composite Unit (...
Colburn, George Night Action on Iwo Jima
George Colburn called for a stretcher. One of the ones who brought the stretcher got hit. They put his friend,...
Durocher, Edmund Night Battle at Coffin Corner
Edmund Durocher was alone for a while [Annotator's Note: on a ridge on Cape Gloucester, New Britain known as Coffin...

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