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Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

When Donald Hoff's pilot [Annotator's Note: US Navy Ensign J.C. Dexter] pulled up from his dive, he pulled up so hard...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 18, Lauren Bruner first reported to San Diego, California, for three months of...

Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...

At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotators Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...

After advanced flight training in Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Pensacola, Florida], John Sanford Gilman was sent to...

Oscar Culp was able to write home during the time of his military service. The cost of postage has risen sharply over...

Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...

Jack Dunlavy came back for Navy Day [Annotator's Note: 27 October 1945]. He thought he wanted to stay in the Navy but...

Carey Suratt was born in July 1926 in Dennison, Ohio. His father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad as a fireman. His...

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