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James Roy Colquitt unloaded troops on the beach as the tide went out stranding his ship [Annotator’s Note: Colquitt was...

Jake Ussery was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas which is a small town north of Little Rock. His mother's parents lived...

John Edmund Murman was born in March 1926 in Brooklyn, New York as an only child. His father served in the Marines...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds can be heard chirping in the background throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was assigned to...

Bruner's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Coghlan (DD-606)] returned briefly to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before setting out for...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

James was there for about 2 or 3 months for ground school. He was then shipped to Lafayette. He did not make his first...

Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician...

Rufus Harris signed up for Navy ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] because his dad anticipated the...

Alvin Barnes was born December in 1925 in Minden, Nebraska. His family moved from the small Midwestern town and bought...

Kenneth Theis completed midshipman training in two months and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy in November 1943....

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