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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...

When Ralph Weymouth left Guadalcanal he returned to the United States. He was flown to Noumea where he boarded the SS...

Richard Witaker was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded on Okinawa. He was leaving Sugar Loaf Hill when a buddy...

[Annotator’s Notes: There is a lot of background noise throughout this segment.] Jack H. Bleuler was born in 1923 and...

Dr. Robert Beynon thinks the war changed him. He was right out of high school. He learned that you always have a boss....

Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

Oran Harris did not know the exact nature of his mission on Palawan Island until he reached the prison. A Navy ship in...

The last mission for Mason Brownell Fitch really sticks out in his mind. Reaching into his little blue book [Annotator'...

For a couple of weeks, Richard Jaccarino unloaded ships and moved supplies inland. The enemy was expected to come back...

Stanley John Niec decided not to stay in the Navy after the war. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill...

Paul Dietzel flew from the Hawaiian Islands over Kwajalein to Tinian. During the flight they had not had anything to...

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