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William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...

Nevin Sledge admired the SeaBees [Annotator's Note: Members of US naval construction battalions]. They did everything...

The Japanese commander of the camp, stood up on a platform and spoke in Japanese with an interpreter, and says, "The...

Their kickoff point was Finschhafen [Annotator's Note: Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea], and when the time came, Leo V....

Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...

[Annotators Note: The beginning of this segment is the beginning of the interview, at 00:50:04:000 the interview picks...

Paul Kerchum, a prisoner of the Japanese held in a camp in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, the Philippines],...

Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...

Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...

When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...

The Japanese left so the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] secured from general quarters. Orville...

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