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Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Abner Aust to describe the mission where he shot down three Japanese Franks -...

During this attack there was only one plane lost. As Norman Kleiss was heading back to the carrier he came across...

Russell Gackenbach was summoned one day after dinner to answer the phone. He knew that something had to be wrong for...

[Annotator's Note: John Stiles was stationed on Okinawa, Japan with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) when the...

[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] The invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note...

Joseph DeMott worked in the farming fields, dug trenches, and built fences as a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

After the war, Robert L. Rorschach stayed on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Pickaway (APA-222)] until a replacement...

Lyle Bird asked for, and his parents granted, permission for him to enter the Navy at age 17. He attended boot camp in...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

Lester Hecht returned to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Coast Guard boat. He was sent...

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