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Brant, Robert Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator’s Note: chit chat for the first 13 seconds of the interview] Robert Brant was born 10 October 1924 in Denver...
Hoff, Donald Locating the Japanese Fleet at Midway
When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...
Templet, Robert Paul Pearl Harbor
Robert Templet was on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands [Annotator's...
Alair, Gene South Sea Islands
Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...
Beaman, William Tense Moments aboard the USS Flasher (SS-249)
One time that scared William Beaman happened when the USS Flasher (SS-249) was firing electric torpedoes. They were...
Samuelson, Jack Postwar and Reflections
Jack D. Samuelson heard of Tom Hanks’ support of The Museum in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: movie actor Tom Hanks...
Fricker, Eugene Postwar and Reflections
Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was quickly released from the Navy after the war and attended college on the G.I. Bill [...
Van Wart, Fergus Kamikazes, Swells, and a Typhoon
When Fergus Van Wart was aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bergen (APA-150)], the thing that frightened him more than...
Wahlen, George Segment 4
Wahlen's division used to get together after the war. His platoon leader would get them together and have each one talk...
Roy, William Attempting to Save the USS Yorktown (CV-5)
William Roy went below on the Hammann [Annotator's Note: USS Hammann (DD-412)]. Roy found sailors being operated on and...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Submarine combat
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for submarine duty on 11 February 1943 and was called up a week later. He did not have a...
Bergeron, Fred Sinking the Hiryu
[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

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