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Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...

James Born was born in 1922 in Denver, Colorado. His father was a railroad man so his family was living in Denver or...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...

[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...

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

Ray Camp was on Iwo Jima [Annotator’s Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] when the war ended. He went to work for the post office...

Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...

Murphy Burke continued his training while he waited for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yarnell (DD-541)] to be...

Robert S. Gibbs was shipped to Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines, aboard the USS Boston (CA-69)] in October...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

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