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Melvin S. Tanenbaum was an all-American boy and he wanted to fight for his country. He enlisted and his parents were...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

William Jackson was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when he heard of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note:...

On D plus 2 [Annotator's Note: two days after landing day], they [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th...

Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...

Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...

[Annotator's Notes: There is some chit chat between the interviewer and interviewee before the interview begins.]...

Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

Whidhelm ended up as the CO of Scouting 8 aboard the USS Hornet. One day while sitting in the ready room Vejtasa...

After John Edward Love [Annotator's Note: a former prisoner of war] recovered and was released from the hospital, he...

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