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Cook, Bane Prewar Life
Bane Cook was born in August 1925 in Illinois. He had an older brother. [Annotator’s Note: Cook talks about his brother...
Mosher, Alfred Japanese Invasion of Guam
On 7 December 1941, Alfred Raymond was sleeping and someone came and woke him up to tell him that the Japanese had...
Russell, Richard Missions in the Pacific
Richard T. Russell, Jr. heard that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had bombed Pearl...
Gresham, Ray Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Ray Gene Gresham was born in July 1927 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the last of the six children of a farmer. After...
Butcher, Chester Pilot Training
Chester J. Butcher was resting and listening to the radio [Annotator's Note: at the United States Military Academy in...
Arrow, Kenneth Reflections
Dr. Kenneth Arrow sees the most important lesson of World War 2 as it is related to the costliness of war. War can be...
Parrotta, Raymond Growing up in Rochester
Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...
Moen, Virgil Prewar to Military Training
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins in mid-conversation between Virgil Clayton Moen and the interviewer.] Moen was born...
Bannon, Calvin Return Home and Postwar
When Calvin F. Bannon returned home from his tour overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd...
Knapps, Walter Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...
Carter, Paul Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Paul Carter was born in Febuary 1922 in Davidson County [Annotator's Note: Davidson County, North Carolina], the son of...
Gruber, Harper Early Life and the Draft
Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...

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