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Harry Walker Wellford was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 6 August 1924. He spent his entire life there except for his...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

While they were under tow, a typical day aboard the USS YR-69 [Annotator's Note: non-self-propelled floating workshop]...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were anchored too far away from the surrender ceremony to be...

On his first tour, Feightner was officially credited with 4 kills but he knows he shot down 12. Feightner shot down 31...

Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook. He was very young [Annotator's Note: he was only 16 years old, but...

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...

George Culpepper [Annotator's Note: as the communications officer aboard PC-1122] saw a plane on 21 October [Annotator'...

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