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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...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Dale Peterson returned to the United States aboard his cruiser, the USS San Juan (CL-54). She was decommissioned in...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Phineas Stevens to explain what an LST or Landing Ship, Tank is.] "Large, Slow...

Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...

Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...

John Burr wrote letters to his wife. They would get mail sporadically. They wrote letters and would give them to the...

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

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

Edwin Henlebin became interested in the activities of a photographer who was taking shots of an open air, 24 hour mess...

Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...

It was like a dream, sometimes John Snyder does not know if it [Annotator's Note: the war] happened or not. He tells it...

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