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The fact that John McGlohon is one of the living eye witnesses to the first atomic explosion, and that he was on site...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

Norman Hatch departed Tarawa after the battle concluded and went to Hawaii with the 8th Marine Regiment. The US Army...

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...

Karr believed that Admiral Becton [Annotator's Note: F. Julian Becton was the Commander of the Laffey] was a very, very...

Melvin C. Whitman did his basic training in San Diego [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San...

Arthur Pendleton went to Pavuvu after Cape Gloucester. There, he dealt with a bout of appendicitis which almost killed...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Pedro Parra where he was when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) during that vessel's...

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

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