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Frederick Jenkins thought it was hard to get organized. He had a school teacher as his company commander during boot...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Claire Maddox was born in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924 [Annotator's Note: April 1924]. He had two older brothers. It was a...

When they were heading to Tonga, Fred Bergeron and the rest of his air group were dropped off in Fiji. They flew some...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...

[Annotator's Note: Marvin Tyson served in the Navy aboard the USS LSM-270, the lead landing ship, for the invasion of...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River...

Jack Pierce remembers getting to Kwajalein Island [Annotator’s Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] after they had...

Baptiste had a janitorial service. One of his clients was a doctor who stayed on Corregidor [Annotator's Note:...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. was assigned to the USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) tanker. Most individuals were wary of serving on...

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