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W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...

Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was on occupation duty in Kagoshima, Japan after the war ended.] The invasion [...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a person assisting the interviewee with answering Interviewer’s questions throughout the...

Fred Arthur Balfour was born in August 1923, in Glens Falls, New York. He lived there until he was 12 years old. When...

Nicholas J. Zuras thinks it important that students today know something about what happened during World War 2....

Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...

Fred Arthur Balfour [Annotator's Note: with SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] would watch the...

Jack Raskoph was transferred to Pier 92 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where people were...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

David Foerster got his wings at Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida]. He went to...

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