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Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

Paul Kerchum, a prisoner of the Japanese held in a camp in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, the Philippines],...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

William Cart fought in World War 2 because he "did not have a hell of a choice." He was 18, in good health, and they...

John Mikus, Jr. left from Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands] on Higgins boats [Annotator'...

[Annotator's Note: James Muri served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the 22nd...

James "Jim" Tubach was assigned to an Army group [Annotator's Note: 96th Infantry Division] out in the hills looking...

The SS Lurline, on which Virginia Wilterdink was traveling, stopped in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands]...

John Singlaub parachuted into Central France as the OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of...

Joe G. Casillas reported to Presidio of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: in California] from Fresno [Annotator's Note:...

Robert D. Shaner was born in February of 1924 in Porterville, California and grew up during the Depression [Annotator's...

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