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Eugene Corson had a few sounds that would make him jump out of bed. It would scare his wife. He was able to adjust...

Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

Richard Tempus Dixon was born in June 1925 in Oakland, California. He was the second of two sons raised by his father...

Randall Edwards retired from the Navy and got a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida. In...

Wahlen's division used to get together after the war. His platoon leader would get them together and have each one talk...

The Zero [Annotator's Note: Japanese Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, referred to as the Zeke or Zero] was tough to...

Richard Welch's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being on patrol off the West Coast looking for Japanese...

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...

Harper Gruber described the crew as being divided between the dark crew - motor macs [Annotator's Note: motor machinist...

Gerald Kynett was born in December 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, right outside...

Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...

There were still natives on Johnston Island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands]...

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