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Marvin Perrett was sent on a truck to Little Creek, Virginia. When Mr. Higgins [Annotator's Note: Andrew Jackson...

After going over the side, the boats would form up waves of ten or 12 boats which rode around in circles until being...

After the invasion they left Southern France and returned to Norfolk, Virginia where the men were given a 15 day leave...

They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: Marvin Perrett and the crew of the USS Bayfield (APA-33), near Okinawa...

[Annotator's Note: Marvin Perrett served in the US Coast Guard as an LCVP coxswain aboard the attack transport USS...

Marvin Perrett's contact with the German prisoners of war he transported was very brief. The POWs were usually quiet...

Marvin Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater Ribbon]...

John McCarthy was born in December 1918 in Seattle, Washington. He lived on a little farm and he attended Highline High...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy what he remembers about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy to describe rescuing a Merchant Marine who had fallen off his...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy if they ever forced any German submarines, or u-boats, to surface...

John McCarthy was on a regular enlistment and not a draftee, so he did not automatically get out when the war was over...

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