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William Cassady was assigned to the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] in 1943. They went into...

Edward Thomas Toole thought transitioning to the Army was easy. He was a commissioned officer. It was interesting to...

When he was told that he would be trained aboard ship as a gunner, Robert Fitz was "mystified." He arrived at the main...

Winfield Zerphey and the airplane's crew were granted liberty after flying several missions. He and a few other men...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow went through boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Sampson, New York] and then was trained as a navigator...

Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...

Harold Beal thought the English were nice people. They would travel up and down the coast to practice making landings....

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

Robert Martin went to Europe [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. The first place they went to was [Annotator's Note...

Charles Walker was born on a farm near Sumner, Georgia. When you live on a farm family, everybody works. He did not...

Curt Simmons was a member of the US Navy Armed Guard. He was born on a farm outside of Walters, Oklahoma and was a farm...

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