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Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...

While on watch duty [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Aldebaran (AF-10)], Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade studied the stars....

One time that scared William Beaman happened when the USS Flasher (SS-249) was firing electric torpedoes. They were...

James Francis McCorriston was happy to be aboard a fighting ship like the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). The first place...

Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

John Cassidy majored in mining engineering during his first year at the University of Alabama, but he eventually...

Mort Oman suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder [Annotator's Note: post traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

Jacklyn Lucas's uncle had been a Marine. He finished his eighth grade of school in June 1942. He overwhelmed his mother...

Matthew Cornelia was born in July 1918 and raised in Rochester, New York. His parents were both born in Ireland. At a...

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

[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the Army as a radio...

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