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Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk. Then getting back on the ship...

The Japanese left so the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] secured from general quarters. Orville...

[Annotator's Note: There is white noise throughout this clip.] James L. Lowder was born in Cleveland, Ohio in June 1926...

Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...

Upon arrival in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in June 1945, Jacob Velfling, Jr. and the rest of his...

Richard Jaccarino cited the dedication of his platoon leader, mentioning that the man had been wounded earlier on Leyte...

Edward Bruce Jennings remembers that on their way to Japan, a typhoon came up. The ships had to get out of the bay to...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Donald Hoff already in conversation with the interviewer.] Hoff [Annotator...

George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

The following morning, Frank Pomroy was told that they would cross the airfield [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu] at a...

Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

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