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James Newsom was assigned to the USS Cole (DD-155). The Cole left Norfolk for North Africa to land Rangers ashore in...

Jack Holder did not talk about his World War 2 experiences until recently. He booked a trip to New York on an Arizona...

Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

James Gaffney’s assessment of the John Wayne World War II movie entitled "They Were Expendable" was that it was mostly...

John Nicholas went into the service in September 1943. His half brother George was already in the Navy. Nicholas went...

Billy Grieves made 11 runs on the submarine Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)]. He left the Thresher...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

Phineas Stevens feels it is absolutely important that future generations continue to study World War 2. It was horrible...

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Dye what his reaction to the news of the atomic bombs being dropped on...

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