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That attack on the Japanese fleet off Guadalcanal was a turning point in Martin Carmody’s life. He felt bad about...

Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a former prisoner of war in Japan] was a product of the Depression [Annotator'...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Robert Rosendahl's squadron [Annotator's Note: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group] was stationed at a gunnery...

David Lehigh was friendly with officers and enlisted men. One of his friends was flying over Saigon [Annotator's Note:...

John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...

Charles Brooks landed on the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-10)] just in time for the attack on the...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. "Bob" Brasel asks the interviewer if he can read from a paper he is holding.] Brasel...

Maynard David grew up on a farm west of Topeka, Kansas. He went to high school in Silver Lake, Kansas and graduated in...

William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...

As first scout, John Wicklund carried a Thompson submachine gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun...

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