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John "Jack" Raquepau got called to go to Preflight School in early November 1942. He went to boot camp which was called...

Salvador Perino's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)] was brought to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Wim de Jonge's Japanese captors disrespected the POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war]. Prisoners would be beaten...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

Richard O'Hara had one brother three and a half years older than him who went in the Marines earlier than O'Hara. He...

Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll how important it is for current and future generations to learn...

Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

Philip Curran's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when they hit a typhoon outside of the Yellow Sea [...

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