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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Phineas Stevens to explain what an LST or Landing Ship, Tank is.] "Large, Slow...

On the 8th [Annotator's Note: 8 May 1942, the second day of the Battle of Coral Sea], Norman Sterrie knew it was going...

Jack Werner was the highest ranking non-commissioned officer of his company [Annotator's Note: H...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Leo Bednarczyk's first combat experience was at...

Richard Thelen remembered that it was too hot to sleep below deck, so he began to sleep topside. One night he told his...

Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...

Austin H. Kiplinger took trips to Germany in 1932 and 1938. Allusions to the war effort were everywhere. In 1938, he...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior did morning reports and accounts of the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo...

Victor James Yost was born on a farm in Illinois in October 1920. His parents were farmers. Yost was one of eight...

Keith Renstrom felt like he had too much responsibility to stay with his men [Annotator's Note: even after being...

Marvin Tyson was born in July 1925 the Bronx, New York City, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...

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