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Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon to describe writing his book, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger, U.S....

After World War 2, Sam S. McKeel was assigned as quartermaster on LST-492 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank]. He...

Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...

When David Harvey heard that the war had ended, they had 1,500 planes up off the carriers. The British and Russians had...

Phineas Stevens was born in Jackson, Mississippi in December 1917. He grew up during the Great Depression. He attended...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Dye served in the Navy aboard USS LSM-232.] There were 60 men and 6 officers on their crew....

Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...

Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

Edward Thomas Toole's most memorable moment was when Japan surrendered. That meant the war was over. That was a...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

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