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Linscott, Jack Life on the Ship
Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...
Crain, Joe Segment 3
Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...
Woodall, Wendall Growing Up and Joining the USAAF
Woody Woodall [Annotator's Note: Wendall Woodall] was born in March 1925 in Webster City, Iowa. They were so poor that...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 1
Connick was born in Mobile, Alabama on 27 March 1926. He moved with his family to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of...
Bethard, Orville Navy Training and Commissioning USS Midway (CVE-63)
When Orville Bethard graduated from high school he was 19 years old and eligible for the draft. He did not like the...
Frazier, Glenn Surrendering to the Japanese
Glenn Frazier heard Tokyo Rose broadcast to the defenders of the Philippines that no reinforcements were on the way. [...
Campisano, Frank Combat Training
Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...
Hatch, Norman Battle of Tarawa
The battle on Tarawa provided countless opportunities for combat cameramen like Norman Hatch to capture story telling...
Sterrie, Norman Reflections on the Battle of the Coral Sea
Norman Sterrie has come to view Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942] as an important...
Gruber, Harper Boot Camp, Joining the USS YMS-339 and Overseas Deployment
Harper Gruber found boot camp very rough, but very beneficial in terms of his physical conditioning. After school, his...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 8
The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....
Villarrubia, Forrest Mess Duty
Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...

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