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[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...

William Lee Barnes was aboard the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)] while his crew mates were...

Martin Sherbecoe served for over eight months [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Japan] and earned enough points...

After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Donald Hoff already in conversation with the interviewer.] Hoff [Annotator...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310) serving in the Pacific] was...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

James Francis McCorriston was happy to be aboard a fighting ship like the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). The first place...

On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

Paul Sartori Jr. was in the Philippines when the atomic bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...

In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...

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