Robert Hatfield, relates in an interview with KIDD historian Fred Benton how the KIDD provided shore bombardment to the Marines fighting to retake the island of Guam during World...

Andy Jancovic, one of the KIDD's World War II Torpedoman's Mates, relates how, through a series of small errors and lack of communication, the KIDD fired a depth charge...

George Quarré, one of the KIDD's wartime Lieutenants recounts how Commander Allan Roby, the KIDD's first commander, performed routine ship maneuvers with a flair for showmanship.

Marshall H. McRoy, the pilot of a Gruman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, tells of his harrowing experience on December 16, 1943, of ditching into the Pacific west of Hawaii...

B.J. Fischione, a crewman aboard one of the KIDD's sisterships and squadron mates, USS ERBEN (DD-631), relates the story of an attack on the KIDD just a few months...

Some people just have a gift for memory. They see and hear things and they never forget them. Their ability at recall makes them a vital reference and resource...