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Loren Bennett went to boot camp at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois]....

Paul Sparacino was born in July 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana. His father drove a log truck. They moved to Alexandria,...

Ralph Morse was born in Manhattan in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in October 1917. His father...

DeMers met her and they danced, talked, and had a good time [Annotators Note: his future wife after returning to the...

[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...

Remi Kidder served on the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-18)] as it performed its job of softening up islands...

James William Grimes kept in touch with his family by writing letters occasionally. He had a girlfriend in high school...

Robert Frederick Reed found that flying near Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was traumatic, knowing that...

Quintana did not talk about the war much when he got home. He did not talk about it with his kids, however with age he...

[Annotator’s Note: Video and sound is very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Lenwood Steglich [Annotator’s Note: as a Pharmacist’s Mate 1st Class aboard the survey ship USS Bowditch (AGS-4)]...

Benjamin Hagans was in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, Philippines] for all of 1944 and part of 1945. He...

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