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Charles Bruce was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1926. He had two brothers and a sister. He was the oldest. He was...

Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....

Ralph Burch went to signal school in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California]. He was put in the...

After the war ended, Harry Walker Wellford and his crewmates enjoyed watching movies on the fantail [Annotator's Note:...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting Nagasaki after the atomic bomb [...

William Currier's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first day at boot camp. He grew up in one day. He...

Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...

Years later Vejtasa asked Japanese veterans if they had thought about strafing the deck and they said no. Vejtasa would...

[Annotator’s Note: the interview start is preceded by a brief discussion by Donald Herbert Shown of his five years...

Joseph Brannan was based for a time in Leghorn, Italy as the city was called in English. It is referred to as Livorno...

Carey Suratt worked on the hospital ship about three weeks and was then transferred to the LST-452 [Annotator's Note:...

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

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