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Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

Benjamin Clark Amsden was born in his mother's hometown of Springfield, Ohio in October 1922. He was there for three...

When Selwyn Gilmore was in Tucson [Annotator's Note: Tucson, Arizona], there was a WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army...

Stanley Stewart said that, on the whole, he enjoyed his tour in the Pacific. He had been on Bougainville, Papua New...

Harry McKnight learned how to follow orders in boot camp. It helped him in battle. He was in good shape because he was...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...

James Warren David recalled a time while he was in Pool Boat 12 when a Chaplain and local representative wanted to go...

The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....

Schuyler Lininger was born in Evanston, Illinois in October 1923. Lininger had one older brother and one younger sister...

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

Ensign Earnest said that as he was heading down, he lost elevator control; the stick was loose in his hand. Ensign...

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