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[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

The USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) sailed among several Pacific Islands, and Elmer Spraker admitted that he was a little...

Attack on 23 October 1944

Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...

Harold Ward found out that the man on the other side of the headphones died about six years ago. Ward wore the...

Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...

Coming back to the United States was kind of boring for Robert D. Shaner. They [Annotator's Note: Shaner and the crew...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

James Warren David was sent to Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Pensacola, Florida] for rehabilitation. He was transferred...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

James Oney was born in December 1924 in Harrison County, Texas near Harleton [Annotator's Note: Harleton, Texas]. He...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was born in August 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father owned a sheet metal business and...

Oral History