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[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] got acquainted...

Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...

The first couple times Arthur Killam was depth charged it was a little hairy but he does not recall getting too upset...

The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Frank H. O’Leary was born in June 1921 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He had two older brothers....

David R. Saunders saw his first combat at Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines]. He was not injured...

In February 1945, Salvador Guercia's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Sandoval (APA-194)] transported Marines to Saipan [...

Hershel Williams was sent to the capitol city of Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina] and from...

Many men on Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Aldebaran (AF-10)] gambled. The officers tried to...

[Annotator's Note: Muffled talking can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] John Sanford Gilman was...

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