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Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

Edward Gerrits was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but was raised in Miami, Florida. He enjoyed going to the Florida...

Stanley Jack Birnbaum fought the war that was considered a "popular war" because it was necessary. He was a tall,...

Howard T. Maki was born in May 1925 and grew up in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. His parents were from Finland. Maki...

Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...

James Stewart Rosenbaum was born in Chicago, Illinois in August 1925. His father was an insurance and hat salesman. He...

Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

Wesley Waggoner remembers the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Robert Kean was born in August 1922 in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York]. He grew up in New York...

Richard "Dick" Loges was born in January 1921 in in Dayton, Ohio [Annotator's Note: Interviewer pauses interview at 0:...

Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

Fernando Serna was born in Laredo, Texas in October 1922. He was a senior in high school when the war started. He was...

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