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Paul J. Frisco was born in May 1925 in Newark, New Jersey. He lived there until he was 15 years old and then moved to...

In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...

Hugh Wingo attended boot camp for eight weeks. They got their first liberty [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

Claude Bufford Shaw was in the Navy from July 1938 until his discharge in 1972, when he retired at the rank of Captain...

William Barnes got orders to get off at Bougainville. He was ordered to get back to the United States the best way he...

[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with Martin Banyas mid-sentence talking about being drafted.] Banyas learned...

Mahlen Arledge received his draft notice in July 1943 and went into service the next month. He elected to go into the...

As Paul Ignatius entered his teens, he became aware of the hostilities rising in Europe and Asia. He was also aware of...

George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....

Baptiste was born in Saint James Parish, Louisiana on 4 November 1916. He is in town [Annotator's Note: New Orleans]...

John Wesley Tatum was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in North Carolina at a pole mill in Leland...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

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