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Frank Pomroy arrived on Guadalcanal from New Caledonia after being left aboard the troopship George F. Elliot [...

Paul Bannai joined the Allied Translator Interpreter Service [Annotator's Note: referred to as ATIS], which served all...

Barbara Butler wrote home frequently. She tried to explain to her family what she was going through and to reassure...

Charles Stix left Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after the atomic bombs [Annotator’s Note: Nuclear...

Norman Sterrie participated in the Battle of Coral Sea on 7 and 8 May. [Annotator's Note: 7 and 8 May 1942. Sterrie was...

William Burkett recalls that the Army was segregated. Court martials were given based on rules dating from 1912. Then...

Jack Yusen remembers the shells flying by sounded like freight trains and the explosions sounding like thunder. Another...

Starting in December 1943, John Smith was on New Guinea preparing for combat in the Admiralty Islands. They landed on...

Leon J. Neiman met the native populations of Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] numerous times...

Mack graduated from high school June 1st, 1943. He entered the United States Navy on July 13th, 1943 and was discharged...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] headed to the Philippines,...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] Not one day goes by...

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