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Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two...

One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds can be heard chirping in the background throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was assigned to...

John Votrobeck likes to think the war did not change him. The training he went through honed his skills, particularly...

Sterling Baker was on the invasion of Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands]. When he was in Leyte [...

Richard McEwen was born in Silver Creek, New York, and lived there with his parents and two siblings until he was eight...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Bailey served in the Navy as a 20mm antiaircraft gunner aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

William Leibold found O'Kane [Annotator's Note: Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane, captain of the USS Tang (SS-306)] to be very...

Richard Bennett's transition from sailor to civilian was so wrapped up in school, work and family matters, he hardly...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...

Dennis Allen Andrews was born Mount Solon, Virginia. His father worked at Goodrich Rubber Company to support his family...

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