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James William Grimes was born in November 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. Everything was okay during the 1920s, but the 1930s...

Hugh Wingo attended boot camp for eight weeks. They got their first liberty [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

William Roy captured film of Japanese bombers attacking the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] that was not...

MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area] went...

J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for service with the Navy shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson became the skipper [Annotator's Note: captain, or commander] of his boat. A graduate of...

David Eugene Turnbull believes that War World 2 has greatly influenced him because it opened his eyes to different...

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