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Francis Borrell was woken up early one morning and was told about the Japanese surrendering. Everyone was celebrating,...

Robert Taylor arrived in Samoa in April 1942. The Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] campaign...

Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...

John E. Johnson fought in World War 2 because he had to. He was drafted. Johnson acknowledges the war changed his life...

During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...

Rudolph C. Miller met his wife [Annotator's Note: Freda Miller, formerly Freda Feuer] on the street. It was snowing and...

They missed the Battle of the Coral Sea. They were told that the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown was damaged....

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

Earl Wergin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May 1927. As a boy, he and his family moved to New York City [Annotator...

Emiline Ann Bourgeois [Annotator's Note: a US Army Nurse aboard the USAHS Blanche F. Sigman] treated young men and they...

Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...

Clarence Becker was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] when the war ended and the treaty was signed [...

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