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Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...

By the second day of basic training Leon J. Neiman realized how hard serving in the military was going to be. One day...

Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...

William Leibold never stopped believing that he would make it home to his wife. The reunion with his wife on his parent...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

By May 1944, David R. Saunders had joined the Army and was sent to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville,...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...

Joseph Brannan had never ridden on a PT boat [Annotator's Note: Patrol Torpedo boat] prior to his assignment to his...

Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...

William Cart was on Majuro [Annotator's Note: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands] when he heard about the atomic bombs...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

They did not know the exact cause of his death since he was in halfway decent shape but initially they were told his...

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