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Edgar Harrell suffers from posttraumatic stress from his experience on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), but as a Christian...

James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...

Edwin Lamm's most memorable experience of World War 2 was picking up a crash of a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Robert Savage was assigned as the radio man on the USS Springfield (CL-66), which received orders to escort a heavy...

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

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Sturman why getting his first command of men in the Aleutian Islands,...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Homer Myers to tell him about being called out to assist the survivors of the...

Looking back on the war, Peter Gallo said World War 2 was a "necessary evil," and he did what he had to do. He believes...

Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...

Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...

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