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John Scott Campbell's duties were complicated but simple. On a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly...

In June 1943, nearing the end of Maxwell Nelson’s deferment, he decided to join the US Merchant Marine and was sent to...

Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work. They were younger...

Erik Frithjof Johnsen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1925 and had one brother who had been born in 1922....

Going into the Mediterranean on the SS Thomas Nelson Page is the most memorable experience for Edward Kissam. When he...

John Scott Campbell's first ship was on the Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: also called the Great Lakes of North America...

Maxwell Nelson’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945...

Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...

Erik Johnsen, a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine says that New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s was active with all...

[Annotator's Note: The interview starts on a black screen.] William Nesser was born in Columbus, Ohio in February 1920...

John Scott Campbell cannot remember the name of his second ship [Annotator's Note: SS Andrew G. Curtin]. [Annotator's...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

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