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The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotators Note: during the attack on Pearl...

Paul Hilliard believes the SBD Dauntless is much underrated and unfortunately much unrecognized. WWII books sometimes...

While waiting for an assignment, Theodore Robert Tanner and the other pilots of his group were called to meetings twice...

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to...

When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...

James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...

Ray Felts married in late 1949 to a girl he met at church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He didn't have much trouble getting back...

Dale Peterson had no problem transitioning back to civilian life after his discharge. His most memorable experience was...

Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...

Richard O'Hara was on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] when the bomb [Annotator's Note:...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

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