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Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

James Patterson and his crew flew over water for several hours before doing their mapping work. Their missions ran...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Harlan Twible to describe the USS Indianapolis (CA-...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...

When Mervin Jensen received his draft notice, he thought everyone else had to go so he would to. He went to Fort...

[Annotator's Note: William Smith was flying out of Charters Towers, Australia]. They were shipped from Port Moresby to...

Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews. The chief radioman asked if anyone had a...

Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...

They [Annotator's Note: Leonard Brooks, his family, and the 600 other missionaries] arrived at Santo Tomas and spent...

Lloyd Dendy was in the hospital with malaria and did not return to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. He had...

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