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

Charles Brooks saw purple flak on his first combat mission off the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6...

Edgar Eugene "Gene" Fricker had his boot camp training in San Diego, California. Even though he was in the Navy, he was...

Austin H. Kiplinger took trips to Germany in 1932 and 1938. Allusions to the war effort were everywhere. In 1938, he...

In June 1944, Kenneth Dwight Wells went by train to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...

After the Battle of Peleliu, Romus Burgin was one of four men from the 5th Marine Regiment to be considered for a field...

Joseph Daquana was born in Plaquemines, Louisiana in May 1928. He was the second youngest child in a family of seven...

Roy Boreen spent a year and a half as part of the USS Oklahoma's (BB-37) 3rd Division Deck Force. Every Friday was...

Hershel Williams was born and raised in a country atmosphere in West Virginia. His father was in the dairy business....

Ray Camp was in the South Pacific. He was assigned to VPB-121 [Annotator’s Note: Patrol Bombing Squadron 121]. He was a...

[Annotator's Note: Alfred Taddeo served in the Navy as a fighter pilot aboard the USS Nassau (CVE-16) in the Aleutian...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Nimocks Foyle Ladner already in conversation with the interviewer.] Ladner...

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