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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...

Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

Clem Thrift thought the destroyer escort he served on [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] was a great ship. It...

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

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer took advantage of the G.I. bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Alfred Taddeo was with the squadron that became the Blue Angels [Annotator's Note: United States Navy Blue Angels...

Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...

James Oney left New Caledonia at midnight with a destroyer escort. They arrived three days later in the Russell Islands...

After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond “Ray” Parrotta received the 52-20 club benefits [Annotator's Note: a...

Jack Leaming had a buddy nicknamed Ace who was a prisoner of war, POW, from the carrier Yorktown. [Annotator's Note: At...

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

James Ramage was not pleased with the results [Annotator's Note: the results of the US Navy's attack on the Japanese...

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