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David Yoho had his first voyage on a tanker shakedown trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the shakedown, the ship went...

David Yoho remembers the huge fleet off Okinawa and the explosion of an ammunition ship. It had been attacked by a...

Harold Whitaker does not believe that the story of the veterans of World War 2 has not really been told. He also...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Louis John Walter next sailed on a tanker, the Fort Stephenson [Annotator's Note: SS Fort Stephenson]. He had papers...

Clint Quirk was not assigned to a ship. [Annotator’s Note: Quirk was in the Merchant Marines]. He went into the union...

Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...

David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...

John DuBose was born in November 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He lived there almost all of his life. He grew up in a blue...

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...

Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk. Then getting back on the ship...

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