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Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. was born in Patterson, Louisiana in September 1924. He grew up on his family's strawberry farm...

The prisoners of war knew that there was a possibility that they would be attacked during the voyage to Japan.When they...

John Elliott and his crew knew nothing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he embraced military life.] Zilliacus liked the Navy very...

Paul Sparacino was ordered aboard the USS Princeton [Annotator's Note: USS Princeton (LPH-5)] as an airdale [Annotator'...

During the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...

Samuel Malta voyaged from New Zealand to New Caledonia. He imbibed a potent whiskey while at Nouméa. Missing his ride...

Paul Sparacino's father was in the Army [Annotator's Note: during World War 2] but did not really talk about it....

Gerald Wayne Lux served in the United States Navy in the Pacific and made it to Australia and Japan. He volunteered for...

Samuel Malta and his company [Annotator's Note: Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] in...

fter occupation in Japan, Elroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,...

While in Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina], Roger A. Lewis did guard duty at a German POW [...

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