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Garland Bath liked being called up for the service. He went to Fort Eustis, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base...

James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...

There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...

James William Grimes kept in touch with his family by writing letters occasionally. He had a girlfriend in high school...

Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...

William O’Brien and fellow sailors played cards or slept when they were not working. He had to take classes to get a...

William Stewart is 88 years old. He was born in April 1929 in Glendale, California. He has one brother. His father...

Henry Quinton Pike [Annotator's Note: An announcement interrupts interview from 0:00:19.000 to 0:00:36.000] was born in...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...

Richard Higgins left Peleliu and went to Pavuvu and got off the ship. The next day a clerk told Higgins that he was...

Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...

Nick Cristiano was born in July 1925. He grew up in the Bronx, New York. There were great schools. His father owned a...

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