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Thomas Tizzard says that his most memorable experience of World War 2 is hard to pin down. It could be the first time...

Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...

Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...

Jacob Velfling, Jr.'s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was at a farm behind enemy lines. He met two...

When Calvin Barrick was going to submarine school in New London he signed up for the Navy's V-12 program which was...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

[Annotator's Note: David Heath served in the Marine Corps in Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Lawrence Winnier in conversation with the interviewer.] Lawrence Winnier was...

John H. Cole was on his way to Japan for the invasion when the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...

The ship went into the Atlantic. Vejtasa's ship met up with the Ranger, CV-4 [Annotator's Note: USS Ranger (CV-4)]....

Joseph Vater's older brother was old enough to serve, but was married and had a child, so he was not drafted. Vater was...

The American prisoners were rounded up on Monkey Point [Annotators Note: American servicemen captured by the Japanese...

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