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William Sturman and a buddy liked the Navy and just picked it to join. He wanted to see the ocean. He was old enough to...

Alfred Dearman says that Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] was the largest, most modern prison in Japan...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was the end of Jack Glass' combat tour. They finished up the Marianas operation then...

Alexander Vraciu was on a mission with a flight of 12 aircraft when he noticed five Zeros [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi...

In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...

William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in December 1926. He was named after his father...

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...

Erik Johnsen was in school at Tulane, University in New Orleans, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He feels this...

[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away on a troop train from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to Camp Linda Vista,...

Lyle Bird remarks that World War 2 was a long time ago, but he feels honored to have been a part of it. He served...

Claude Taylor married his wife after graduating LSU [Annotator's Note: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,...

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