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Brennan, Lincoln Growing Up in Metairie
Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was born in August 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Metairie. His father was...
Jacobs, Jr., Walter Combat and Malaria
Walter Jacobs thought the BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle] was a good weapon but required a lot of...
Green, Arthur Returning Home, Discharge, and Reflections
Arthur George Green spent about a year on occupation duty in Japan [Annotator’s Note: stationed in Kyushu and Shikoku...
Dickinson, Robert Training for the USS Queenfish (SS-393)
Robert Dickinson's training took place on one of the old S-boats. [Annotator's Note: The United States' S-class...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 2
He was asleep in his bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA38] early in the morning of...
Borne, Edwin Initial Bombardment of Wake
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Sasser, Joseph Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Sound and video are choppy at times during this segment.] Joseph H. Sasser Junior's most memorable...
Durocher, Edmund Going Through the Jungle
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Pendleton, Arthur Early Life and Joining the Marines
[Annotator's Note: Interviewer is setting up the interview and it begins with small talk about the war.] Arthur...
Scherer, Monroe Being Drafted and Becoming an Engineer
Monroe Scherer had lost a year of studies due to illness as a child. When he turned 18, he was still in high school. He...
Bruner, Lauren Prewar Life, the Depression Years and Enlisting in the Navy
Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...
Yamamoto, Albert Going to School During War
Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living with his grandparents in Japan during World War 2]...

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