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Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...

In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...

John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51] bombed Clark Field [...

Richard O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1925 and lived there until he was about 15. He considers...

Harold Zeringer was a participant in the assault to take the Japanese held island of Okinawa. The invasion took place...

Benjamin Clark Amsden was born in his mother's hometown of Springfield, Ohio in October 1922. He was there for three...

Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. believes he matured from his experience in World War 2. He believes the world is losing its...

[Annotator’s Note: Video begins with interviewee mid-sentence talking about a World War 2 experience.] Mort Oman and...

During his time on PT-171, Olaf Rose took instruction from veteran engineers, and gradually got comfortable with his...

On the morning of 3 February 1945, a mortar shell dropped in the rice paddy alongside Theodore Pavlovich and he took...

Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...

After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...

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