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William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

The Germans had several towers with radars on them that Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS...

[Annotator's Note: After his brother was killed on active duty, Charles Taylor was transferred off of the USS Absecon (...

William Cassady thinks people should study the war because it will show how the United States got where they are now....

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

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

Theodore Vallas was one of the first pilots to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier. There was risk in the water ahead...

In the first days of June 1944, W. P. “Bill” Allen assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]...

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

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...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a person assisting the interviewee with answering the interviewer’s questions throughout...

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