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Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker goes by Gene because he liked being greeted that way. He was born in June 1926 in Cushing,...

Floyd James Reissig was in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] when the war ended. When he got...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] In...

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

During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been...

In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...

Alfred Rodrigues was involved with new construction at the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn Navy Yard...

Donald Herbert Shown joined the Navy and completed boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] in...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Lewis S. Evans was born in April 1925. He went to boarding school during the Great Depression and played football and...

While on watch duty [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Aldebaran (AF-10)], Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade studied the stars....

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