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Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] and crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan, but the...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer stating that he and Joseph DeMott have already been...

Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur McHardy was stationed in Tientsin, China with the 1st Marine Division.] He was sent to guard...

Nick Cristiano enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to be a pilot. He took the exams. He went to Greensboro...

Frank Savage was surprised to be relieving the 31st Infantry Division on Mindanao. That division was hit hard in the...

Eugene Tarrant would clean up the compartments of the mess attendants and things of that nature. He met a few Filipinos...

Socrates Dendrinelis remembers the kamikazes [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide bombers] hitting the ships. It made a...

Henry Quinton Pike was assigned to a gun on the USS Hornet (CV-8) to transport civilians to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Wesley Waggoner was born in 1927 [Annotator’s Note: May 1927 in Watonga, Oklahoma]. His family was composed of 14...

Making her way alone, Virginia Wilterdink arrived at Camp Devens in Massachusetts to begin her military career. She met...

Oscar Culp was able to write home during the time of his military service. The cost of postage has risen sharply over...

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