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William Roy remembers the fighter planes beginning to malfunction after being at sea for so long. A lot of planes'...

Phineas Stevens was born in Jackson, Mississippi in December 1917. He grew up during the Great Depression. He attended...

James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] was stationed at Shanghai [Annotator's Note: Shanghai...

Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....

Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...

After World War 2, Sam S. McKeel was assigned as quartermaster on LST-492 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank]. He...

Life aboard ship was just something Charles Bishop and his fellow sailors adjusted to. They worked four hours on and...

Edmond Guidry was born in 1920 in Westwego, Louisiana. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

Wallace McKay's most memorable experience of the war was going to Japan. It was memorable because of how docile the...

Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...

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