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Thompson, Judge War's End and Postwar
Judge Gordon Thompson recalled preparing for the invasion of mainland Japan in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He recalled...
Hutchinson, Louis Postwar Service
While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...
Brannan, Joseph Becoming a Sailor
Joseph Brannan was sent on a train to San Diego, California for boot camp after he enlisted in the United States Navy....
Grun, Frederick Service in the Philippines
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945] in Leyte Gulf, Frederick Grun had his first experience with...
Rodrigues, Alfred Attack on Pearl Harbor
Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...
Frisco, Paul Attack on the USS Franklin (CV-13)
Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) accompanied a Task Force that included the USS Franklin (CV-13) offshore of...
Dufour, O'Hearn Growing up in Louisiana
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee and interviewer are conversing at the beginning and go off subject frequently during...
Kynett, Gerald Occupation Duty
Gerald Kynett could run 20 to 25 word a minute using signal. After stopping at Enewetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetok...
Barber, Clyde PBY Training and Patrol Duty
After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...
Cassidy, John Close Calls
Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...
Twible, Harlan Peleliu
During the days following their [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35...
Maynard, Mark USS Sturgeon (SS-187)
Mark Maynard traveled by train from New London, Connecticut to Mare Island which was a replacement depot for submarine...

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