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Hugh Ettinger and his friend R.J.’s plane landed in Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and they were...

Robert Taylor retired from the Navy on 31 May 1970. He had worked at a medical research laboratory at Camp LeJeune,...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator. He reported aboard the battleship USS...

Murphy Burke served in World War 2 because he thought it was the thing an American should do. He feels his experience...

Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....

[Annotator's Note: David Cawley is very difficult to understand and follow throughout this clip. Cawley joined the Navy...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War. He...

Edward Chinnis and his fellow sailors hated the Japanese even after the war ended. Chinnis was on occupation duty for...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...

Melvin Munch had a 15 day leave following his basic training in the United States Navy. It took four days each way for...

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