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John DuBose reached his new ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Bostonian] and was immediately given lifeboat training. He...

Henry Joffray was a member of the Merchant Marine during World War 2. There were 4,000 ships and 260,000 sailors in...

William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in December 1926. He was named after his father...

Ralph Crump [Annotators Note: For the first 22:26 of this interview the interviewer and interviewee chat about family...

Dee Wayne White recalled when VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] was announced and was...

Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

When Woods would go into Times Square young servicemen would give them trouble about why they weren't in the service....

John DuBose signed on the SS Frenchtown as a messman. The ship was a T-2 tanker that was welded during construction and...

Henry Joffray sailed his first Merchant Marine voyage delivering shredded wheat for the troops. [Annotator's Note:...

After completing his Merchant Marine training, William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. was sent to Miami, Florida. He then...

Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....

Upon returning to the United States in January 1946 from serving in the Merchant Marine, Dee Wayne White signed up to...

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