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Chester Hollingsworth was born on a farm in October 1917 near Greenville, Texas. He had two brothers and two sisters....

Harold Zeringer was a participant in the assault to take the Japanese held island of Okinawa. The invasion took place...

Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee’s wife interjects throughout this clip.] Sherwin Lansing Eddy readjusted to civilian...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator. He reported aboard the battleship USS...

After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer took advantage of the G.I. bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

When Orville Bethard graduated from high school he was 19 years old and eligible for the draft. He did not like the...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War. He...

Edward Driscoll was born in January 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sixth of 13 children. His father was a city...

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