Submarine warfare

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Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Cummings, John Joining the USS Gar (SS-206)
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...
Allen, James Joining the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Within a day of arriving at the submarine base James Allen was given orders to report to the USS Wahoo (SS-238). He...
Surratt, Carey Kamikaze Attacks
The closer Carey Suratt got to Japan, the more aggressive things became. On his second trip to Leyte, the 459 [...
Baker, Sterling Kamikazes, Scouts and Raiders and Navy SEALs
Sterling Baker was on the invasion of Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands]. When he was in Leyte [...
Van der Pool, Ivan Kasserine Pass and El Guettar
Kasserine Pass [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kasserine Pass] was the one time Ivan Van der Pool was told to fix his...
Dunford, Philip Key Life Experience
Sometime after the war, Philip Dunford spent time in Australia as a minister. He went to the capitol where he saw the...
Walker, Charles Korean War to Vietnam
[Annotator's Note: Charles Walker received his pilot wings on 25 June 1950, just after the Korean War started.] In...
Love, John Labor Detail and Hell Ship
John Edward Love [Annotator's Note: an American prisoner of war] and hundreds of other POWs were transferred from O'...
Moose, Warren Laboratory Dental Technician
Warren Sanford Moose was given orders to go overseas as a replacement laboratory dental technician. He first stopped in...
Anderson, William Landings in the Philippines
William Anderson first saw the new destroyers with the twin, five inch guns after the USS Reid (DD-369) had been hit by...
Payn, Thomas Last Attack
All through his service, Thomas Payn corresponded with his family, but he couldn't say too much about his activities....
Culpepper, George Last Engagement on Borneo
George Culpepper's [Annotator's Note: as the communications officer aboard PC-1122] commanding officer on PC-1122,...
Pohorilla, Michael Last Missions and Return Home
The fog finally lifted after months of bad weather, and on December 26, 1944, Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla [Annotator's...
Beyer, Walter Last Patrols of the War
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Beynon, Robert Last Two War Patrols
[Annotator's Note: Dr. Robert Beynon was serving aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) when it survived an attack by a...
Taylor, Charles Learning About Submarines
Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...
Hughes, Lowell Learning of Pearl Harbor to Arriving in Oran
Lowell Hughes was stationed at Camp Barkeley near Abilene, Texas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. A supply...
Ernest, Malcolm Leaving Manchuria
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Camp O'Donnell on Luzon, Philippines.] Ernest was among a...
Gillette, Thomas Leaving Pearl Harbor
Right after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Thomas W....
Downs, Raymond Leaving South America
When the war broke out [Annotator's Note: Downs is referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Sterrie, Norman Lexington Enters Combat
Norman Sterrie thought Hawaii was a nice experience for a man from the mid-west [Annotator's Note: Sterrie was from St...
Brannon, Mark Liberating Leyte
Next, the USS Hutchins (DD-746) took part in the landings on the Philippine island of Leyte, and Mark Brannon mentioned...
Zerphey, Winfield Liberty and D-Day to War's End
Winfield Zerphey and the airplane's crew were granted liberty after flying several missions. He and a few other men...
Allen, James Lieutenant Commander Marvin Kennedy
James Allen crossed Captain Kennedy's [Annotator's Note: Lieutenant Commander Marvin Kennedy] path twice, much to his...
Johnsen, Erik Life Aboard Ship
Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine and served on Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of cargo ship...
Hammer, Richard Life aboard Ship
Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...
Sartori, Paul Life Aboard Ship
Paul Sartori Jr. was a boatsman’s mate second class. He did maintenance work and was a gunner. They were on the ship...
Eshelman, Raymond Life Aboard Ship
Ray Eshelman had been on USS LST-925 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts, before reporting aboard USS...
Newsom, James Life Aboard the USS Cole (DD-155)
While James Newsom was aboard the Cole [Annotator's Note: USS Cole (DD-155)], he slept back aft by the engineers. That...
Frisco, Paul LIfe Aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797)
Paul J. Frisco's regular watch station aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the first year or so he was aboard was in...
Johnson, John Life Aboard the USS Liddle (ADP-60)
John E. Johnson described accommodations on the APD [Annotator's Note: Johnson served aboard the high speed transport...
Osgood, Edgar Life as a Navigator
Edgar De Pue Osgood was on anti-submarine and escort duty [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...
Haggerty, June Life as a WAVE
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was 23 years old when she went into the Navy. Her brothers were in the service already...
Day, Morris "Gene" Life in the Field
During the voyage overseas, Morris Eugene Day helped treat the men who got seasick. He was able to eat the Navy food,...
Harrison, William Life in the Service
William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. went to Saint Petersburg, Florida for Merchant Marine basic training. It was not...

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