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Culpepper, George Naval Battle at Surigao Strait
MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area] went...
Pendleton, Arthur Military Records and Washing Machine Charlie
When Arthur Pendleton was on the ridge he recalled a shell from a Japanese naval gun landing in front of them. The...
Gackenbach, Russell Mysterious Mission
Russell Gackenbach was summoned one day after dinner to answer the phone. He knew that something had to be wrong for...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Reflections
Rollins Rosenzweig has a vivid memory of looking through his tail gun window as the Yamato was being attacked and...
Scherer, Monroe Chess Playing Combat Engineer
Monroe Scherer was the chess champion of not only basic, but later training. He was at Fort Belvoir, Virginia which was...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 4
Connick recalls the atmosphere of New Orleans during the war. He remembers men being replaced by stars in the window [...
McMullen, Milton End of the War
Before the atomic bomb was dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945 and...
Brasel, Robert Basic Training to Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Robert J. "Bob" Brasel asks the interviewer if he can read from a paper he is holding.] Brasel...
Cornelia, Matthew Reflections
Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...
Dragich, Charles Going Home and Bataan
In Busan, South Korea, the USS Hulbert [Annotator’s Note: USS Hulbert (DD-342)] was waiting for Charles Dragich [...
Whitten, Sumner Going to Guadalcanal and Reflections on Midway
Sumner Whitten received orders to return to Ewa [Annotator's Note: following the Battle of Midway]. He got aboard a B-...
Mestayer, Angus Prewar life
Angus Francis Mestayer is 95 years old. He was born in 1922 in Loreauville [Annotator's Note: Loreauville, Louisiana]....

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