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Lawrence Winnier did not stay in touch with anyone after the war. He has one grandson, three granddaughters, and two...

The first couple times Arthur Killam was depth charged it was a little hairy but he does not recall getting too upset...

Trinidad Ledesma was born in November 1924 in Downey, California. His parents did not speak English. They only spoke...

William Burkett had gotten there [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines then Japan] two weeks after the war was over. At...

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

William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

Oran Harris did not know the exact nature of his mission on Palawan Island until he reached the prison. A Navy ship in...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

Oran Harris said the Americans went first by sea in pursuit of the Japanese that had retreated into the mountains of...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...

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