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Woods was upset after the war because he wasn't given the benefits of the G.I. Bill. A friend of his his who had been...

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

Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...

The war changed John Scott Campbell's life. He probably would have been a schoolteacher. He loves history. The war made...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...

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

Hartsel Ross sailed for Scotland. He waited two weeks in Scotland while they outfitted his ship and then sailed with a...

John Scott Campbell thinks that "tin horn dictators" will have a harder time getting a hold on a country [Annotator's...

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

James Crane got into the Merchant Marine because Roosevelt [Annotator’s Note: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and...

[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Edward Kissam's father was associated with a saw mill. It...

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