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Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

By the time he went overseas, Julian Trist Bringier McConnell did not have heavy ammunition. He spent most of his time...

Walter Nelson had a different pilot for his first raid. The pilot’s name was Lieutenant Womper [Annotators Note: unsure...

Robert Swan saw a carrier the first day [Annotator's Note: on 3 June 1942, the first day of the Battle of Midway] but...

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

Randolph Daniel landed on Wake Island after the bombs dropped on Japan in August [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...

Marvin Tyson went to college under the G.I. Bill at New York University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York]. He...

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

Captain Murray [Annotators Note: Captain Stuart S. Murray] was the captain on the USS Missouri. Starnes and Murray got...

World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...

After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...

They went directly into Ormoc Bay [Annotator's Note: Philippines]. Once the troops landed the kamikazes started to...

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