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Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

Robert Savage's most memorable experience of the war was seeing the treaty signed [Annotator's Note: Japanese...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Edmond Guidry came back [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] to the Philadelphia Navy Yard [Annotator's...

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

Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...

When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...

Paul Lawrence was at the Harvard [Annotator's Note: Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts] commencement speech...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior served at many bases during the war [Annotator's Note: as a member of (MTB RON...

Astley Blackwell feels that it is very important for students to learn about World War 2. There is a museum at the base...

Ray Eshelman was born in Dayton, Ohio, in July 1925. He grew up there and attended school. He graduated [Annotator's...

Cecil Ezell McLain stopped in Singapore before heading home and witnessed five people die and several people blinded by...

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