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Downs, Raymond Sinking of the SS Heredia by U-506
Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...
Downs, Raymond Abandoning Ship
Raymond Downs finally got up the stairs and found the captain in the pilot house. The captain said they needed to get...
Downs, Raymond Adrift at Sea and Rescued by a Shrimp Boat
Raymond Downs was in the water for almost 20 hours with no food. On the horizon, he could see 27 shrimping boats. He...
Downs, Raymond Returning Home
Raymond Downs and his family were taken to a hospital in Morgan City, Louisiana. They were not allowed to call their...
Downs, Raymond Writing his Memoirs
Raymond Downs and a historian wrote a book about the experience. He collected his mother's, father's, and sister's...
Traina, Joseph Prewar to Coast Guard
Joseph Traina was born in Labadieville, Louisiana in June 1917. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what he recalls...
Traina, Joseph Arctic Circle Mission
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Traina served in the US Coast Guard as a radioman aboard the USCGC Comanche (WPG76).] In...
Traina, Joseph Storis and Cactus
The USCGC Storis (WMEC-38) was a brand-new ship. Traina reported to it in Duluth, Minnesota. They sailed it to Boston [...
Traina, Joseph Life in Greenland
Joseph Traina trained in Algiers on the Navy base [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]....
MCarthy, John Pearl Harbor
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy what he remembers about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
MCarthy, John Man Overboard
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy to describe rescuing a Merchant Marine who had fallen off his...
MCarthy, John German Subs and War's End
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy if they ever forced any German submarines, or u-boats, to surface...
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