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Emil Kesselman’s discharge date was set for August 1950 and he went home to New York, and to work at Brillo [Annotator’...

John Nicholas fought in World War 2 because the guys before him had signed up so he had to do so also. He had to fight...

For a couple of weeks, Richard Jaccarino unloaded ships and moved supplies inland. The enemy was expected to come back...

James Bollich had just gotten back from the movies when he heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Vernon Micheel attacked a Japanese cruiser on the last day of the battle [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Scouting...

Clifford Albert Hahn entered basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: he had enlisted in July 1942]....

Alfred Rodrigues wanted to be an engineer in the Navy. He found that the engine room was very hot and he passed out in...

[Annotator's Note: This interview clip begins with a tape break then starts midsentence.] George Colburn did not go...

Frank Campisano was told he would be invading an island and boarded a ship the Monday before Easter [Annotator's Note:...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

Asked if the war changed him in any way, Cleatus Lebow said it helped him have a little more faith, and mentioned that...

Martin Carmody was on Guadalcanal for two or three days. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) had gone to the harbor at Espiritu...

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