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Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

Robert Templet believes that there was a lack of preparation for an enemy attack at Pearl Harbor during the weeks...

Overall, Robert J. Ferris enjoyed his experience in World War 2 and was glad he was a pilot. He comments on serving...

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

Lyle Bird remarks that World War 2 was a long time ago, but he feels honored to have been a part of it. He served...

Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...

Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke was born in November 1925 in Wellington, Kansas and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. His father had...

[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...

Captain Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] was no longer in command of K Company [...

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