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At the conclusion of World War 2, Richard R. Ruess had 85 points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on...

Jake Ussery boarded the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] in the United States and joined in operations...

Edward Chinnis, Jr. was assigned to a tanker after completing radio school. Prior to that he was assigned to a mine...

Carey Suratt was born in July 1926 in Dennison, Ohio. His father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad as a fireman. His...

Walter Amoss feels nostalgic when he visits the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

David Heath was born in November 1921 in Toppenish, Washington. When he was seven, his family moved to Montana. While...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

Murphy Burke was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in February 1926. He and his only sibling, a sister, grew up in New...

Fred L. Keller, Jr. helped load bombs on torpedo planes, TBMs [Annotator's Note: Keller served as an ordnanceman aboard...

Robert Templet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1920. At the age of five years old, his family moved to...

Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] felt that capturing combat on film was very...

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