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Floyd Fogg was born in April 1926 in Lacombe, Louisiana. When he was three years old, his family moved to Slidell,...

Ray Anthony saw the big band era subside with the influx of the rock and roll genre. Anthony seldom performs now....

Burton Johnson arrived in Finschafen, New Guinea in the South Pacific after completing his stateside training. This was...

Nobuo Hayashi remembers listening to the radio and hearing how Japan had to attack Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...

Carrol Smith did occupation duty in Nagasaki, Japan. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese...

Soon after returning home, Philip Mayer went to work and did not use the G.I. Bill for school. He became a truck driver...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] participated in the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's...

Socrates Dendrinelis was in the radio shack [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Carina (AK-74)]. He could see the...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family...

The USS LST-809 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] spent 60 hours unloading its cargo of men, aviation fuel and...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] served in World War 2. He was on active duty in...

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