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Richard Bennett described the PT-470 as being armed with a thunderbolt, which is a 37mm and a 20mm cannon mounted...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...

Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...

Dale LeBlanc went to boot camp in San Diego. Marines who went to boot camp in San Diego were referred to as Hollywood...

Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...

There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] In September 1945, William Ward...

Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...

Clifford Campbell did not go ashore on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippine Islands] until the island was secure...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. was born in January 1927. His home was in the Atchafalaya Basin [Annotator's Note: also...

James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...

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