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Paul Sparacino was born in July 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana. His father drove a log truck. They moved to Alexandria,...

After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...

Robert Masters's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-601] came under air raids on several occasions while in port in Tunis...

Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...

Dale Bates' most memorable experience of World War 2 was a mission off the tip of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa,...

At Camp Crowder [Annotator's Note: in Neosho, Missouri], Lester Caplan was originally trained as a radio repairman, but...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis why he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, as a...

In July 1945, Peter Hebert enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and was sent to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego,...

Lloyd Dendy went to the Russell Islands [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. Pavuvu and Mbanika were coconut...

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