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Joseph LaNier had no training or explanation concerning how to perform as a Seabee [Annotator’s Note: Seabee is a twist...

James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...

Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...

Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

James Warren David recalled always having the supplies they needed while living on the island [Annotator's Note: on...

There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...

Clem Thrift thought the destroyer escort he served on [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] was a great ship. It...

Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...

After Leyte, Harper Gruber's vessel [Annotator's Note: USS YMS-339] took part in the second invasion [Annotator's Note...

Joseph Brannan was sent on a train to San Diego, California for boot camp after he enlisted in the United States Navy....

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...

Alfred Taddeo was with the squadron that became the Blue Angels [Annotator's Note: United States Navy Blue Angels...

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