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Oran Harris did not know the exact nature of his mission on Palawan Island until he reached the prison. A Navy ship in...

After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...

Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that the USS PGM-1 had patrol duty around the Philippines. He recalled the kamikaze attacks...

Charles Nathan Lane was part of the 197th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) (Semimobile) until the Japanese were...

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

Charles Graves Chauncey bought a lot of souvenirs and alcohol while in Cuba. They returned to McCook, Nebraska and...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon what it was like to be aboard a submarine being attacked with...

Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...

Clayton Fisher has a friend named Roy Russell who served in the same bomb group, Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8), who is...

Floyd James Reissig was drafted in May 1944. He was allowed to choose his service after his physical. He was not...

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