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Jack Holder was born in December 1921 in his mother’s hometown of Gunter, Texas. His father was a World War 1 veteran,...

The newly commissioned USS Cavalier (APA-37), with Edward Lee Allesandro aboard, picked up Seabees [Annotator's Note:...

After the war ended, Harry Walker Wellford and his crewmates enjoyed watching movies on the fantail [Annotator's Note:...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

Joseph LaNier tells others to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself. He rose to be vice-president of...

Hershel Williams does not remember knocking out some of the pillboxes. One of them, however, Williams remembers, ran...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

Carl Trim was born in Greenville, Mississippi in September 1926. His parents divorced soon after and Trim and his...

[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] On 10...

Eugene Corson was happy to be in the Navy. It was rough. He went to boot camp in Rhode Island at an airbase. He could...

Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...

Lloyd Dendy met the toughest guy ever in Korea. He had been hit in the cheek by shrapnel and lost a lot of his teeth....

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