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Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

[Annotator's Note: After being wounded, George Alaniz was sent to Gainesville, Texas to recuperate.] Alaniz was...

[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan was born in...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

Carey Suratt worked on the hospital ship about three weeks and was then transferred to the LST-452 [Annotator's Note:...

Leon Williamson grew up in Tecumseh, Michigan. He attended school in the town, then went to Michigan State College [...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] to join an accelerated Navy officer...

Burton Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in May 1920. His parents delivered groceries to families even...

John Stiles was born in September 1924 in Wadestown, West Virginia. He grew up there. He was the second of seven...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was working in Santa Ana, California when Marine Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212) was...

John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...

John Singlaub was called to Washington to meet with President Jimmy Carter. He was not sure if he was being disciplined...

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