Submarine warfare

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Fried, J. M. Military Training and Overseas
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. attended officer training school at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The...
Watson, Donald Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Donald G. Watson was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado during the winter and was assigned to the 71st Infantry Division....
Ito, Susumus Military Training and Overseas Deployment to Italy
Susumas Ito was sent to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Notes: Hattiesburg, Mississippi] as a motor sergeant for a cadre in...
Kinsey, Norman Misery in Oudjda
On 9 November 1942, Norman Kinsey was offshore of Casablanca and Fédala [Annotator's Note: both in Morocco]. He awoke...
Dolsen, Frank Mission Training
Frank Dolsen, volunteered for the Army Air Corps, and trained in Boise, Idaho with his crew [Annotator's Note: 349th...
Aziz, Edmund Mistaken Identity
When Edmund Aziz was assigned to a ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Reeves (DE-156)] and he installed a public address...
Leibold, William More Details about the Last Patrol
William Leibold was topside with O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard O'Kane had been the commanding...
Sparks, Bennett "Bud Sparks" Move to the Atlantic Theater of Operations
Describing his patrol duties in the Pacific, Bennett Sparks spoke of the initial testing of SONAR [Annotator's Note:...
McCormick, Bruce Naval and Civil Service After the War
Bruce McCormick returned to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...
Bost, Ben Naval Battle in the Philippines
After he had joined the Navy, it was a shock for Ben Ray Bost to leave home and get into uniform. Everything was free...
Monteyne, Joseph Navigator Training
Joseph Monteyne knew all about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Campbell, John Navy Armed Guard and Different Tactics
The first couple of ships John Campbell was on had no Armed Guard [Annotator's Note: Navy sailors serving aboard...
Welch, Richard Navy Service
Richard Welch joined the Navy in November 1944 and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training [Annotator's Note: Naval...
Wood, Edward Navy Service at Hawaii
Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] as a...
Hussey, William Navy Submarine Service
William Hussey enlisted in the Navy because he grew up with it, and it seemed the thing to do once he reached adulthood...
Koenig, Elmer Navy Training
Elmer Koenig enlisted on 7 May 1943. He graduated from high school in June 1943. His parents expected him to join. In...
Baroudi, Howard Navy Training and Deployment
Howard Baroudi had his boot camp training in Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator’s Note: in 1942, he was ordered to the...
Smith, Jacques New Guinea
Jacques Brewster Smith [Annotator's Note: with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division] boarded a...
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....
Shaw, Claude Night Battle Off Guadalcanal
Claude Bufford Shaw was born in Marie, Arkansas, in 1918. When his Midshipman class graduated on 13 December 1941, he...
Nannini, James Normandy Invasion
James Nannini went overseas in a large convoy. It was scary to him because he had never been on a boat before. He was...
Lowry, Robert Normandy Invasion
Robert "Bob" Lowry had about 200 or 300 soldiers they [Annotator's Note: as crew on the USS LST-538 in Plymouth,...
Luce, Dwain North Africa
Dwain Luce left for North Africa from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The battleship USS Texas (BB-35...
Baker, Sterling North Africa and Being Torpedoed
Sterling Baker was training in the Chesapeake Bay when he learned his unit had gone on leave and he did not get to. He...
Pedersen, Allen North Africa to Italy
Allen Pedersen landed in Oran, North Africa on 11 May [Annotator's Note: 11 May 1943]. It was supposedly the largest...
Villars, Robert North Sea and Atlantic Action
Robert Villars and his friend Charlie returned home to New Orleans in January 1944. A big party was thrown and everyone...
Boyles, Edward Officer Candidate School
While stationed at Wheeler Field [Annotator's Notes: Wheeler Army Airfield, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] with the 14th Pursuit...
Leibold, William Officers and the Fifth Patrol
William Leibold found O'Kane [Annotator's Note: Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane, captain of the USS Tang (SS-306)] to be very...
Bolin, George Oil Pipelines and Unions
George R. Bolin does not think Brown and Root [Annotator's Note: now KBR, Inc. in Houston, Texas] was in the pipeline...
LaNier, Joseph Okinawa
Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...
Oplinger, Robert Okinawa
Robert Oplinger participated in several battles before Okinawa. It took three months for the United States for defeat...
Brown, Jules Okinawa and China
Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] participated in the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's...
Johnston, Roy Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb
The worst fighting Roy Johnston experienced was at Okinawa. That's where he had his introduction to the Kamikaze...
Knapp, William Okinawa Invasion
William “Bill” Knapp was part of the Okinawa invasion on Easter morning 1945 [Annotator’s Note: Knapp was a coxswain on...
Crump, Ralph One Last Trip
Ralph Crump arrived in Philadelphia in mid-summer 1944, and was supposed to report to the Merchant Marine Academy, but...
Zimmer, Mitchell Ongoing Submarine Duty, Picking Up Prisoners and the War's End
Mitchell Zimmer served aboard two sister-ship submarines, the Snapper [Annotator's Note: USS Snapper (SS-185) and the...

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