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After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

Buck Donaldson went to Portland to get ready to go to Manila, the Philippines. Before they got there, the Japanese...

Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

Richard McEwen was born in Silver Creek, New York, and lived there with his parents and two siblings until he was eight...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior was told he could stay in the Army, but he had no desire. He got home in September [Annotator's...

Frank Savage was sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama. His aunt made a uniform for him so he could arrive with something...

Hershel Williams was born and raised in a country atmosphere in West Virginia. His father was in the dairy business....

Fiske Hanley II, with his crew [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air...

When the USS Foote (DD-511) got to Pearl Harbor, Wilbur Rogers remembered they stripped the 20mm off its fan tail and...

At war's end, Gerry Jones was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] preparing to invade mainland Japan. They...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] In March 1946, George N....

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