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The USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) joined with another carrier, the USS Kitkun Bay (AVG-71), headed for Leyte in the...

Robert Dickinson boarded the newly commissioned USS Queenfish (SS-393) as a Seaman Second Class. It didn't seem like he...

Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Leo Bednarczyk's first combat experience was at...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

Charles Bruce was 17 years old when he drove a truck for work. He got a ticket for speeding. He had to pay 20 dollars....

Jack D. Samuelson is a World War Two veteran. He was interviewed at 88 years of age in a senior citizens’ home. He met...

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was born in August 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Metairie. His father was...

Harold Zeringer had a great ship with the Submarine Chaser 1011 [Annotator's Note: USS SC-1011 was a SC-497 class...

When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

[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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