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Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

John Votrobeck likes to think the war did not change him. The training he went through honed his skills, particularly...

James Gaffney was born in 1924 in Texarkana, Texas. His family moved to several places in Texas. By the time he was six...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Phineas Stevens to explain what an LST or Landing Ship, Tank is.] "Large, Slow...

Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....

Edwin Henlebin became interested in the activities of a photographer who was taking shots of an open air, 24 hour mess...

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...

Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....

Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...

Years later Vejtasa asked Japanese veterans if they had thought about strafing the deck and they said no. Vejtasa would...

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