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Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Emil Kesselman’s discharge date was set for August 1950 and he went home to New York, and to work at Brillo [Annotator’...

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

[Annotator's Note: Someone off camera interjects at various points.] As his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Suwannee (...

James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...

After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] the action really slowed down...

After the war, Robert S. Gibbs told his boss he was getting married, and he asked for a raise. His pay went up to 200...

Red Cross Packages for Christmas

Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

Cecil Ezell McLain stopped in Singapore before heading home and witnessed five people die and several people blinded by...

Oral History