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Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

Louis John Walter departed New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] on the James Smith [Annotator's Note: SS...

Dee Wayne White was born in September 1929 in Chester, Idaho. At age eight, his parents divorced, and he moved with his...

Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...

Woods and the interviewer discuss the format for the interview.Edward Thomas Woods was born in 1927 in Manhattan, New...

After John DuBose signed on with the Merchant Marines, he was shipped to the Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg,...

Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...

Louis John Walter sailed on the James Fallen [Annotator's Note: unable to verify ship name]. A couple of Walter's...

Dee Wayne White has vivid memories of his life on the Home Front in Richmond, California during the World War 2. From...

Roger Shaw arrived in Bahia, Brazil aboard the SS George Gayle. He had met some associates previously in Bahia, but he...

Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...

John DuBose reached his new ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Bostonian] and was immediately given lifeboat training. He...

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