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Joe K. McPhail signed up for the Merchant Marine in Mobile, Alabama. His uncle, Olan Nicholson, and aunt [Annotator's...

Harold Whitaker went overseas in 1949. He was at Johnson Air Force Base in Japan when the Korean War began. After the...

William Balabanow joined the Merchant Marines after World War 2 had broken out. He never encountered the Germans...

Joe K. McPhail was satisfied with his living quarters on his 104 foot long boat [Annotator's Note: the quick supply...

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

John Campbell stopped in Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] for orders. From there they went to a holding area...

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

Dee Wayne White’s most memorable experience of his service was in the Merchant Marine when his ship took on several...

In September 1947, James T. Lindsey enlisted in the US Army Air Forces to become a pilot. Because of his background in...

View of the "Augustin Daly," a US Merchant Marine Ship whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned a Battle Star for the...

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

[Annotator's Note: Edward Kissam was in the US Merchant Marine aboard the SS Thomas Nelson Page. When he returned from...

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