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Jack D. Owen was born in Lufkin, Texas in 1926. He had a twin sister and an older brother. Owen’s father struggled...

Paul Sparacino was born in July 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana. His father drove a log truck. They moved to Alexandria,...

When Richard Thelen returned home, he served at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station outside of Detroit [Annotator's Note:...

George Joseph Bertucci wanted to improve his education after the military. He received his GED and then went to air...

Harry Walker Wellford was assigned to the Harrison [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)] as a radar officer. He met...

Cass Phillips flew toward New Guinea from Hawaii making several stops at small islands along the southwesterly route....

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

Thomas Tizzard was stationed on ships in the South Pacific. Supplies came from Australia and once could not contact the...

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

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

William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....

Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the submarine tender, USS Holland (AS-3), as a replacement radio man stationed...

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