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George Mouton went to San Pedro, California, and reported aboard the USS Bosque (APA-135). From there he went to Pearl...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

On 7 December 1941, Armando Gelella rose early and with leave papers in hand, went to breakfast with a buddy who was to...

Willis Mills was born in July 1926 and grew up in Holyoke, Colorado. It was a small farming community. His father...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...

Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Keefe found training intense. After preflight school at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia...

Harold G. Cowart was born in September 1924 in Statesboro, Georgia. His parents were sharecroppers and he and his 11...

James Buckley's LST [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank] had 40mm [Annotator's Note: Bofors 40mm...

Claude Shannahan got out of the Marine Corps and returned to Mount Clemens, Michigan. His father owned a bar and...

Jack Skaggs was assigned to L Battery on Wilkes Island in the Wake Island atoll. The battery had an old 5 inch 51 gun [...

After liberation, Robert Lents was flown to Calcutta, India where he spent six weeks in a hospital. At the time he was...

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