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For William Winter, basic training was different [Annotator's Note: different than his previous experiences at Ole Miss...

Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...

Sherwin Lansing Eddy and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94) flying from USS Shamrock Bay (...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Claire Maddox went ashore [Annotator's Note: as a member of ACORN-21, after the Battle of Eniwetok, 17 to 23 February...

John Singlaub had a problem getting into the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp on Hainan Island. The...

Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...

Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...

Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

Allen Horton returned to his memory of life on the USS Nevada (BB-36). He said the Nevada had been at Pearl Harbor, and...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] After his mission on...

Mort Oman was not aware that a large battle had jut taken place when he arrived in Buna, New Guinea in June 1944. He...

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