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George Hamilton’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting hit by a 50-foot wave and the ship shuttering....

Adolph William Amundson's mission on Iwo Jima, Japan was to pick up the wounded and fly them back to a hospital on Guam...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. was assigned to the USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) tanker. Most individuals were wary of serving on...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

[Annotator's Notes: There is some chit chat between the interviewer and interviewee before the interview begins.]...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

The LST-700 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-700] eventually made it back to the Philippines. Carey Suratt needed repair...

William O’Brien was born in Dubuque, Iowa in June 1918. His real father passed away when he was four months old. His...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

Robert Villars was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1925. His father held his job as a clerk throughout the...

John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

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