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Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...

David Eugene Turnbull was born in March 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His family moved to Blue Springs, Nebraska where his...

That was as close as Emmett Kaylor ever came to getting hit [Annotator's Note: during a Japanese attack in the...

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

While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in the Pacific Theater. After the war ended...

Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

When Louis J. Armentaro went in, there was another kid from Livingston [Annotator's Note: Livingston, Montana] that he...

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