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Carl Trim was born in Greenville, Mississippi in September 1926. His parents divorced soon after and Trim and his...

[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] In...

After enlisting in the Navy, John St. Germain had his boot camp training in Farragut, Idaho [Annotator’s Note: Farragut...

Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Warren Huggins went back to the Philippines and then went to Kobe [Annotator’s Note: Kobe, Japan]. Then he went back to...

Fulton Taylor returned to California and reported for further assignment. He received a 30 day leave en route to his...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

Leon Griffith was on Dinagat Island [Annotator's Note: Dinagat Island, Philippines] and the Japanese sent a barge of...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez became a lawyer after the war. In Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina...

When he left the Navy, Carey Suratt worked as a brick man for the Pennsylvania railroad. He helped make coal cars....

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