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William O’Brien was the second officer to the skipper. They had a cook, a quartermaster, three machinist mates, three...

Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...

Harold C. Cook felt he was only a part of the war when he served. They liked to make jokes about MacArthur [Annotator's...

Robert Dickinson's fourth patrol [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Queenfish (SS-393)] included the sad story of the...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

Louis Andriano was discharged from the Navy in June 1946. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill to an extent. He went to a...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] received news that his ship would take part in the...

Jack Holder did not talk about his World War 2 experiences until recently. He booked a trip to New York on an Arizona...

When John Votrobeck arrived at the base [Annotator's Note: in Freemantle, Australia], he was assigned to Submarine...

Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...

Harold Zeringer returned to New Orleans in March 1946 and embarked on a concentrated law school effort. He took three...

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

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