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Earl Wergin's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was killed. He fought because he felt there...

Donald Herbert Shown picked up a lifejacket from the grouping he found in nets on the boat deck [Annotator’s Note:...

Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

From Pearl Harbor they were sent to the Pacific [Annotators Note: the crew of the USS Missouri in January 1945] and...

Arthur L. Eads did not talk about his World War 2 experience for many years. Fireworks make him very jittery. The war...

William Leibold wonders if the Tang [Annotator's Note: USS Tang (SS-306)] is still a tomb. The Tang was apparently...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

F. Lincoln Grahlfs partially understood what Operation Crossroads [Annotator's Note: a pair of nuclear weapons tests...

Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior's experience in the Navy was exciting. He always enjoyed coming through and seeing the...

Sam L. Miller had no memorable experience in the Navy. It was a good and calm experience. Nothing adverse happened...

Clem Thrift said the United States was suffering under the threat of German submarine attacks, so the destroyer escorts...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

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