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Irwin Schneider was changed by the war completely. He had led a sheltered life prior to his service. He learned to be a...

John Cassidy was born in June 1915 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a 17 year old girl who couldn't support a...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

Marion Labauve went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] because he was going to be stationed in...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was sent to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan]. By this time, it was near the end...

Adolfo V. Celaya was born in Florence, Arizona in May 1927. He had one brother and two sisters. Celaya was the oldest...

Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

When Richard Bennett went for his military service physical, he was given his choice between the Army, the Navy and the...

Following the war and his discharge, John St. Germain worked on farms in North Dakota and Montana. He moved to seek...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Connelly if any memories stand out in particular for him.] They ate C...

Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

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