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At the beginning of the war, the ships [Annotator's Note: United States Merchant Marine ships] traveled by themselves...

Nobody on Omer Van Huylenbrouck's plane was ever wounded by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] as far...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...

Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...

Vernon Baker got out of the army on 28 August 1968, 35 years before the interview. He was 83 years old during this...

John Luckadoo had no regrets about returning to the United States after completing his 25 combat missions. The brass...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

Robert Zawada was assigned to the 20th Armored Division. They left from Fort Campbell, Kentucky and traveled by train...

Arthur Jackson was awarded the Medal of Honor on 5 October 1945 during the Nimitz Day celebration in Washington D.C....

Monty Joe Boitnott rested after Sened Station. The groups that were supposed to move toward the port did not make it...

Kelly Kuwayama's official name is Yeiichi but everybody calls him Kelly. Kelly's first sergeant gave him the nickname,...

Sabol was flying at 28,500 feet when he was shot down. He had heard about other guys being shot at by fighter planes on...

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