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Lionel Lopez met his wife on his first leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time]. They...

Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

James "Jimmy" Elam Newsom was born in Oakland, Louisiana in 1921. He grew up and lived in Louisiana until the war...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

In January 1944, Yellin was sent to Thunderbird Field in Arizona. That was where he took his primary training. He was...

Earl Wergin's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was killed. He fought because he felt there...

[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Seadragon. Killam had reported aboard...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...

They got on three different ships to haul the First Marine Division on August 25th [Annotators Note: 1944]. They...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] In August 1943, Leo Bednarczyk sailed down the...

Hanna wanted to return to the US through San Francisco but ended up coming in through Seattle.He was sent to Madigan...

Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...

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