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Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...

Joseph R. Romano used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...

Herbert Fontenot went to Camp Wallace, Texas for Navy boot camp. He had no problem with the weather but wearing boots...

Harold Beal is glad he served and would do it again. Somebody must take care of the country. When he talks to children...

Wesley John Dochick went back to work in a machine shop after the war, making aircraft parts. Then he worked for Conrad...

Nicholas J. Zuras made his way through Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], and proceeded to join an...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] The war gave Harry Tennant the...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

Asked to comment on other post World War 2 trails and tribunals, Whitney Harris brought up the war crimes trial held in...

Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...

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