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Harry Walker Wellford was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 6 August 1924. He spent his entire life there except for his...

Robert D. Shaner's most memorable experience of World War 2 was reporting aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-...

James Muri joined the Army so that he could become a pilot. Growing up in Montana Muri did not see many airplanes. He...

Deployment overseas for William Pierce was originally to be to Saipan. Because that battle had ended, Pierce's ship was...

Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

[Annotator’s Note: Talking and other noises are audible in the background through this segment.] Leander Bubrig’s most...

Robert Prince graduated from college and then reported to Fort Lewis [Annotator's Note: now part of Joint Base Lewis-...

Jack Holder was born in December 1921 in his mother’s hometown of Gunter, Texas. His father was a World War 1 veteran,...

William Hill was assigned to the USS Entemedor (SS-340) in the role of quartermaster. After the commission of the ship...

David Eugene Turnbull believes that War World 2 has greatly influenced him because it opened his eyes to different...

On the 8th [Annotator's Note: 8 May 1942, the second day of the Battle of Coral Sea], Norman Sterrie knew it was going...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

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