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Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell first went to Cuba before heading to the Panama Canal [Annotator's Note: Panama]. While...

James "Jimmy" Elam Newsom was born in Oakland, Louisiana in 1921. He grew up and lived in Louisiana until the war...

By the night of 5 August [Annotator’s Note: 1945], Paul J. Murphy had been in the sea for five nights and four days [...

Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...

While moving towards New Georgia [Annotator's Note: New Georgia, Solomon Islands], Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's boat [...

On the morning of 7 December [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

Louis Block knew they were going overseas, but they did not know where. The plane before them went to Guam. When they...

Phoutrides took part in the Normandy invasion. He knew what was happening but couldn't understand the enormity of the...

After repairs to the ship were complete, Mark Brannon said the USS Hutchins (DD-746) stopped at San Diego, California...

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