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Windom Joseph Burton was born in Brittany, Louisiana in February 1921 . He had six brothers and two sisters. His father...

They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotators Note: aboard the USS Boise in...

Wesley Waggoner returned home and continued his military career. He spent time in the Navy reserves and trained with...

Richard Miralles was born in July 1924 in Anderson, California. He was an orphan. His parents separated. He lived with...

Harold Buell was stationed on Guadalcanal where he found life in the field to be far more difficult than it was on his...

Ben Ray Bost had a new captain come aboard [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316] after Captain Fritsch [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...

Joseph Brannan remembered that the PT-305 had three engines but after living on it for about a year, he could not...

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...

Allen Lamm was born in 1924 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. He grew up there and can remember the physical punishment he...

During his time on PT-171, Olaf Rose took instruction from veteran engineers, and gradually got comfortable with his...

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