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James Crane would repeat his service in World War II if called upon. The country has been very good to him and his...
Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk. Then getting back on the ship...
Louis John Walter had few of the military benefits as a civilian [Annotator's Note: Walter served in the United States...
After separation from the service, David R. Saunders did not take advantage of the G.I. Bill. Saunders' most memorable...
Hartsel Ross's most memorable experience of World War 2 was losing his convoy in fog while sailing in the North Sea. He...
Harold Wellington loved being in the Merchant Marines. He loved the travel and the work. He could not get a job after...
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Harold Whitaker does not believe that the story of the veterans of World War 2 has not really been told. He also...
Maxwell Nelson’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945...
Gregory Lawrence Nunnink’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his ship [Annotator’s Note: SS Glenns...
James T. Lindsey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was the end of the war while he was in OCS [Annotator’s...
William Balabanow has always felt stigma about his service in the Merchant Marine and the negative associations with...
Dee Wayne White’s most memorable experience of his service was in the Merchant Marine when his ship took on several...
Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari the day after the attack. It appeared that the Abbott may have been the...
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ralph Crump said there was "tremendous panic" in the Los Angeles area. They immediately...
Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...
Dee Wayne White was discharged from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey in January 1949 with the rank of T/5 [Annotator’s Note:...
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Campbell about the relationship between President Franklin Delano...
Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...
John Scott Campbell cannot remember the name of his second ship [Annotator's Note: SS Andrew G. Curtin]. [Annotator's...
On his second voyage [Annotator's Note: as an engineering officer aboard the SS Vernon L. Kellogg], Clarke Langrall was...
David R. Saunders saw his first combat at Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines]. He was not injured...
Woods and the interviewer discuss the format for the interview.Edward Thomas Woods was born in 1927 in Manhattan, New...
Ralph Crump [Annotators Note: For the first 22:26 of this interview the interviewer and interviewee chat about family...
Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work. They were younger...
Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...
One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...
Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...
Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...
Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....
When Woods would go into Times Square young servicemen would give them trouble about why they weren't in the service....
All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be...
Of all the ports Woods visited he liked Panama the best because it was like being back at home. There was a good...
Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...
Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

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