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William Cassady’s last mission was Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Theodore Vallas was one of the first pilots to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier. There was risk in the water ahead...

In the first days of June 1944, W. P. “Bill” Allen assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]...

Jack Madden took his basic training for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. He originally signed up to...

Joseph R. Romano used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...

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

Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...

Wesley John Dochick went back to work in a machine shop after the war, making aircraft parts. Then he worked for Conrad...

Nicholas J. Zuras made his way through Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], and proceeded to join an...

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