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After leaving New Guinea, Peter Dipol was sent to Leyte, the Philippines with his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 108th...

Warren Huggins left San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California] and headed for Manila [Annotator’s Note...

James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...

15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...

Emil Kesselman [Annotator’s Note: called back into the Navy Reserves for the Korean War after serving in the Navy from...

Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

John "Jack" Raquepau got called to go to Preflight School in early November 1942. He went to boot camp which was called...

Robert Swan and three other guys in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44)] rented a house. Each...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout the interview.] Harold G. Cowart and his unit [Annotator's...

Louis Block had to serve KP [Annotator's Note: kitchen patrol or kitchen police] duty for 30 days when he got to Hawaii...

Lester Hecht says there a couple of stories he cannot tell. [Annotator's Note: Hecht laughs.] When his ship pulled into...

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