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Richard Baile's crew all thought alike. They were optimistic. None of them thought they would be shot down. Baile does...

Mark Maynard’s second war patrol on his submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] used the deck gun to fire...

Robert Leroy Shirkey would lead about five men when he was on a mission with the Alamo Scouts [Annotator's Note: 6th...

Paul Franklin landed in Manila Bay [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] 23 days after setting sail. He...

Harold Bergbower learned to appreciate life and Uncle Sam as a result of his experiences in World War 2. He has felt...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

Mack was attached to the Sixth Marine Division and sent to Guadalcanal for training. The Sixth Marine Division was...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Connelly if any memories stand out in particular for him.] They ate C...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard USS LST-781] moved around the South...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...

Carl Trim says the tensest time on any trip at sea was when the captain would call everyone to general quarters [...

Edward F. Kent was assigned to the 602nd Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) and sent to Kiska [Annotator’s Note: Kiska,...

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