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Raquepau, John Hung Torpedo
John "Jack" Raquepau was just bombing in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands [...
Floravante, Emile Hurtgen Forest
Alfred Anthony Alvarez became a lawyer after the war. In Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Husband Captured
Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...
Gorman, Ted Idaho to Saipan
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Emory, Ray Immediate Aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Immigrating to American, Joining the Navy and Being Assigned to Naval Intelligence
Rosemary Fagot was born in Nicaragua. Her father was an American citizen from New Orleans and she was registered as an...
Winslow, Lawson Impacts of Middle East Conflicts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lawson T. Winslow, Junior, an engineer working for Standard Oil Company (later...
Raquepau, John Importance of the War
John "Jack" Raquepau guesses that outside of the Revolution [Annotator's Note: American Revolutionary War, or, American...
Childs, J. Impression, Then and Now
On the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Sunday, 7 December 1941], J. W. Childs saw one Japanese...
Walsh, Violet In and Out of the Navy
There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...
Turnbull, David In the Navy
After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...
Williams, Stanley In the Navy
Stanley Richard Williams was born in May 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He grew up on Wheeling Island with his...
Battifarano, James In the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: Video and sound is very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...
Johnson, Wallace In the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson’s mother signed a paper stating...
Engmann, Larry In the Navy
Larry Engmann received his draft notice and reported to a warehouse in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois]...
Hilson, Doyle In the Navy
Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...
Chatterton, Charles In the Navy
Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...
Johnson, Raleigh In the Navy
Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...
Owen, Jack In the Navy
Jack D. Owen was inducted into the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1944] in Tyler, Texas, and then boarded a train to San...
Thompson, Judge In the Navy
Judge Gordon Thompson was born in June 1926 in Perry County, Alabama. He grew up with two sisters on a hundred-acre...
Shown, Donald Indianapolis and the Atomic Bomb
Donald Herbert Shown and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] completed delivery of atomic bomb [...
Driscoll, Edward Inherent Danger
On 1 September 1944, Edward Driscoll was involved in the bombing of Chichijima [Annotator's Note: Chichijima, Japan]....
Hamilton, Richmond Initial Aviation Training
Richmond Hamilton characterizes his aviation training as very thorough and shares a pair of anecdotes illustrating this...
Muelder, Milton E. Input and Discharge
As a "lowly naval officer", Milton Muelder knew his opinion that the plans in place were "no damn good," and decided...
Jagers, Robert Interactions with Civilians and Soldiers
Robert Jagers probably made 25 to 30 trips across the Channel [Annotator's Note: the English Channel aboard the USS LST...
Andriano, Louis Into the Navy
Louis Andriano graduated high school at 17 [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. His father wanted him to work but he could...
Eshelman, Raymond Into the Pacific
Ray Eshelman was in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Twible, Harlan Into the Water
Harlan Twible and many others saw the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] as it went down. They were...
Thrift, Clem Introspection
Clem Thrift thought the destroyer escort he served on [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] was a great ship. It...
Goss, Samuel "S. Richard Goss" Invading Iwo Jima
Samuel Goss practiced at Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands aboard the USS Bladen (APA-64)]. He...
Hartman, Joseph Invading Normandy
Joseph Hartmann remembers that by 6:30 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Tanenbaum, Melvin Invading Okinawa
Melvin S. Tanenbaum [Annotator's Note: a radioman aboard the USS Leon (APA-48)] was part of the invasion at Okinawa [...
Tanenbaum, Melvin Invading Saipan
Melvin S. Tanenbaum had good friends with him aboard the USS Leon (APA-48). Saipan was his first invasion [Annotator's...

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