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James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook. He was very young [Annotator's Note: he was only 16 years old, but...

Harry Watson remembered that his sub [Annotator's Note: USS Segundo (SS-398)] was subjected to depth charges twice. He...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

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

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if, as an American immigrant in the Navy, he was invested in...

Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

Jack Pierce went to boot camp for six weeks in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. Then he went to L.A...

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell first went to Cuba before heading to the Panama Canal [Annotator's Note: Panama]. While...

Robert Swan and three other guys in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44)] rented a house. Each...

There was ongoing correspondence with people back home, and John Caraway was able to keep abreast of what was going on...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] In September 1945, William Ward...

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