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JAMES NERISON
VETERAN OF PT-305, SQUADRON 22
Jim Nerison joined the US Navy on November 2, 1942, at the age of 17. After boot ...
The Education Department of The National World War II Museum announces its 2011 Student Essay Contest theme: "Why Should We Remember Pearl Harbor?" Winners get cash prizes. Contest open to high school and middle school students.
Though lasting only 360 days, Operation Magic Carpet was the largest combined air and sealift ever organized.
Opal Grapes was one of more than 59,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Her recollections highlight the highs and lows of nursing wounded men.