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After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Sturman why getting his first command of men in the Aleutian Islands,...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

Chuck was incredibly upset about Pearl Harbor. He had no idea even after Pearl Harbor that 5000 Japanese Marines were...

Grace Brown was at her sister's home when she heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

James Craig was a corporal and knew shorthand. A commanding officer wanted him to be his secretary. Craig did not want...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee randomly claps his hands throughout segment.] Harold Hughes was born in Yalobusha County...

[Annotator’s Note: Chatting and explanation of interview process from 00:00:00 to around 00:03:40.] Stanley Harvey...

Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...

After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

A few days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Joseph DeMott saw the devastation. With five battleships sunk or...

Robert Perry was born in Ebenezer, Louisiana, near Crowley [Annotator's Note: Crowley, Louisiana], in November 1926. He...

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