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When the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: The Japanese surrender was announced 15 August 1945, and officially...

When Richard Bennett went for his military service physical, he was given his choice between the Army, the Navy and the...

William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed back to the United...

Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner in a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber in...

[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] On 10...

When Edmund Aziz was assigned to a ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Reeves (DE-156), later converted to attack transport (...

Carey Suratt left the United States Army Transport Imperial [Annotator's Note: USAT Imperial], and walked through mud...

Fulton Taylor chose the United States Navy because service there appealed to him. His older brother was already in the...

Carl Trim says the tensest time on any trip at sea was when the captain would call everyone to general quarters [...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was in New Caledonia when he received transfer orders from USS Patterson (DD-392) to an oil burning...

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