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Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting Nagasaki after the atomic bomb [...

From New Guinea, Jack Yusen and the other survivors [Annotator's Note: survivors of the 25 October 1944 sinking of the...

After the war ended, Harry Walker Wellford and his crewmates enjoyed watching movies on the fantail [Annotator's Note:...

When the Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hollandia, New Guinea; Operation Reckless, 22 April to 6 June 1944]...

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. The major missions of the ship were...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...

[Annotator's Note: David R. Saunders joined the Merchant Marine and during a port call in Egypt he contracted Bacillary...

Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...

Thomas E. Warne was born in August 1930 on the dining room table of his parents' home on the Del Monte Plantation in...

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

Cleatus Lebow believes that, although the contents of the crate they carried to was top secret, speculation among the...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom’s mother worked by having boarders. His mother was able to buy two houses with the money she...

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