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Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Wilbur Rogers said that everything he did [Annotator's Note: during his time in the US Navy] was before he was 21 years...

There were still natives on Johnston Island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands]...

Earl Angel and the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] traveled overseas on the USS Edellyn [...

Martin Banyas enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 because he liked the fighting Marines. The first job for his ship [...

Hilar Moore arrived at Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima; 19 February through 26 March 1945] and the Navy...

John Elliott felt that the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was an excellent...

A submarine was the first nuclear-powered vessel and the Nautilus' [Annotator's Note: USS Nautilus (SSN-571] reactor...

David Yoho had his first voyage on a tanker shakedown trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the shakedown, the ship went...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Norman Hatch in conversation with the interviewer.] Hatch used to show...

Jack Pierce thought his experience in the war [Annotator's Note: World War 2] was good. He was glad it ended because he...

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