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[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) during that vessel's...

When Mervin Jensen received his draft notice, he thought everyone else had to go so he would to. He went to Fort...

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell was loaded onto a ship in the Philippines and headed towards the United States [...

William H Greason believed that African-American servicemen helped the Civil Rights Movement. In 1963, Greason was a...

Leo Denault remembers his brother wanted to fly. His brother was always making airplanes. He went to school to be an...

There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...

Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] began to prepare for Okinawa soon after departing...

David Heath found out he was behind Japanese lines. To evade the 800 soldiers, the Marines walked behind them, up a...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. "Bob" Brasel asks the interviewer if he can read from a paper he is holding.] Brasel...

Donald Stratton is from Red Cloud, Nebraska. His family was farmers early on in their lives. Stratton had one sister...

[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...

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