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Mc Murray, Steve Landing on Iwo Jima
While he was stationed at Camp Maui, situated on an extinct volcano, Steve McMurray said some of the units trained on...
Shaw, Claude Life in the Navy
After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...
Gibbs, Robert Reflections
After the war, Robert S. Gibbs told his boss he was getting married, and he asked for a raise. His pay went up to 200...
George, Carroll Kamikaze Attacks
When alerts came in for kamikaze attacks, Carroll George had to be in the engineering room [Annotator's Note: aboard...
Connelly, James Prewar Life to the Navy
James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...
Welch, Richard Growing Up on a Farm
Richard Welch was born in November 1927 in Perry, Michigan. His father, a sharecropper, moved the family to various...
Beyer, Walter First Submarine Patrol
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Shannahan, Claude Reflections
Claude Shannahan didn't meet any Paramarines at Bloody Ridge. They got beat up landing on Guadalcanal. The rations on...
de Jonge, Wim Early Life
Wim de Jonge was born in February 1920 in Rotterdam, Holland. His parents were both teachers. The family moved to the...
Boehm, Robert Postwar and Reflections
Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm returned from the war and was happy that the G.I. Bill was available [Annotator's Note: the...
Ettinger, Hugh Relocating the Bikini Natives
Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in the Pacific Theater. After the war ended...

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