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While moving towards New Georgia [Annotator's Note: New Georgia, Solomon Islands], Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's boat [...

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

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Francis Bucher says the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

When the ceremony was over [Annotators Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...

Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...

Meda Royce Hall [Annotator's Note: a US Navy bombsight instructor] had one pilot that gave him some trouble because he...

Ralph Weymouth was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] in San Diego when he learned of the...

Mitchell Zimmer liked the idea of sailing on a smaller boat like a submarine. He was trained in New London, Connecticut...

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

Robert Barnett was at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] about ten days before the invasion of...

Crain watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He is normally able to keep his emotions...

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