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One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...

William Earl Gast remarks that during his time in Europe, he lived day by day. He did not think about whether he would...

Austin H. Kiplinger and his unit [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66) flying from USS Nassau (CVE-16)] went...

Erik Johnsen, a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine says that New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s was active with all...

Martin Carmody was on Guadalcanal for two or three days. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) had gone to the harbor at Espiritu...

Adolph Wilson was born in Oakdale, Louisiana in 1922. Before the war, his father was in the coffee business. He...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

William Burkett recalls that the Army was segregated. Court martials were given based on rules dating from 1912. Then...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] George N. Boutwell [Annotator’s...

William Hall reached Sand Island in the Midway Atoll with his personal equipment. Midway was a stopping point for Pan-...

Robert D. Shaner came into New Guinea and his ship, the LST-475 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475], was not there so he...

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