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Clem Thrift's most memorable experience of the war was finding out he had joined the regular Navy, learning a trade,...

James Thomas Womack's ship [Annotator's Note: USS St. Louis (CL-49)] was on patrol duty until they were able to get...

Robert D. Shaner had some exciting times aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475]. They had gotten back from...

Alfred Taddeo became an instructor at Melbourne, Florida where he met several former VF-10 [Annotator's Note: Fighting...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Harlan Twible to describe the USS Indianapolis (CA-...

After his discharge, John Carruth went to Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] and worked for his uncle, who...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

To Jack Glass, Jig Dog [Annotator's Note: later Rear Admiral James D. Ramage] had nerves of steel. He was totally in...

Lowell Rodrigue had many dreams about World War 2 and cannot watch movies related to the war. He has been clinically...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

On Treasury Island [Annotator's Note: Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands], James Oney was in charge of...

Vernon Micheel attacked a Japanese cruiser on the last day of the battle [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Scouting...

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