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James Newsom was assigned to the USS Cole (DD-155). The Cole left Norfolk for North Africa to land Rangers ashore in...

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

Reflecting on his most outstanding memory of World War 2, John Cassidy said it was surviving the Kamikaze attacks in...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this segment.] William Ward Crawford arrived at...

James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...

Claude Bufford Shaw was in the Navy from July 1938 until his discharge in 1972, when he retired at the rank of Captain...

John Nicholas went into the service in September 1943. His half brother George was already in the Navy. Nicholas went...

Randall Edwards likened the old Chinese army camp where he was held prisoner to a group of American-style hog houses....

Emil Kesselman went through boot camp in Samson, New York [Annotator’s Note: after enlisting in the US Navy in November...

[Annotators Note: Charles Bishop served in the navy aboard the destroyer USS Cummings (DD-365) then later aboard the...

Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

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