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Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...

William Leibold spoke to his wife Grace for the first time in years while he was in Oakland. She wanted to visit but he...

The first and only time Raymond Bailey ever came under attack was on 19 March 1945. They were 50 miles off the coast of...

[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) and took part in the...

Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...

Hugh Wingo attended boot camp for eight weeks. They got their first liberty [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

[Annotator's Note: Muffled talking can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] John Sanford Gilman was...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

After Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Norman Sterrie...

Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

James witnessed one of the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll after the war. That is how he realized how the war really...

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