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Joseph Barger was assigned as a machinist’s mate in the engine rooms aboard the USS LST-716. After amphibious training...

Thomas Edward Pugh was born in June 1924 in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Denton [Annotator's Note: Denton, Texas]. His...

While on Midway, Sumner Whitten's squadron was changed from VMSB-231 [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron...

A submarine was the first nuclear-powered vessel and the Nautilus' [Annotator's Note: USS Nautilus (SSN-571] reactor...

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout interview.] There were big rainstorms while there [...

Howard Cain was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in November 1926. At age seven, the family moved to Chicago [Annotator’s...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

David Fisher reported for active duty on 23 December 1943 at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana...

[Annotator's Note: The video starts with a long conversation before the interview actually starts.] Lester Hecht was...

Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...

Oral History