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Clifford Brooks

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Radarman Clifford Brooks was off Okinawa as the battle raged for the island. His ship wasn't hit but he saw a kamikaze blow up a battleship. Only one man was injured during the Pacific tour on his own ship, an Attack Transport. During an Easter stop in Hawaii, he found a beautiful spot to attend church, but he didn't think much of the leave in Honolulu. (3:56)

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It was a terrible typhoon. For three days, Clifford Brooks had to crawl around the ship because you could not walk. It was the only time he was really scared during his time in the service. It was crowded aboard ship, and hot. As a Radarman, he was able to hang a hammock up on deck, stretched across a Higgins Boat. (4:56)

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During a stop in Tientsin, Clifford Brooks saw first hand the effects of wartime inflation in China when he went out for a steak dinner. It was $1.25 in American dollars and over a million in the local currency. He relates the tale of a hijacked beer truck in the Philippines before returning to Hawaii to train for the inevitable Japan invasion. (3:23)

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They had delivered the occupying Marines to Sasebo and the crew of the USS Karnes were granted shore leave. Clifford Brooks and some friends decided to walk deeper into the residential district and they met a man who spoke perfect English, had been a student at Stanford University, and had been stranded by war during a visit home. (4:20)

Clifford Dunaway, Sr.

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While deployed to sea outside of Guadalcanal, Clifford Dunaway talks about how a downed Japanese pilot reacted to being taken prisoner by U.S. forces. (2:33)

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Clifford Dunaway, a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, describes the impact he experienced and what went through his mind when his ship was hit by a Japanese torpedo during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. (2:07)

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Clifford Dunaway recalls how he became a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, and gives some details about naval gun turrets and the role his ship served in their naval fleet. (5:30)

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Clifford Dunaway, a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, describes the naval bombardment of Guadalcanal where his ship alone was responsible for 5000 rounds of shells. (1:33)

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During the Battle of Midway, Clifford Dunaway remembers how the USS Yorktown became the primary target for Japanese forces while his ship remained relatively unscathed. (3:58)

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Clifford Dunaway describes the gruesome scenes of death he witnessed after re-boarding the damaged and sinking USS Atlanta after the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. (3:01)