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There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...

Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell first went to Cuba before heading to the Panama Canal [Annotator's Note: Panama]. While...

Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Ed Weber saw a movie with John Payne [Annotator's Note: John Howard Payne, American actor] and Maureen O'Sullivan [...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] Everett Pope...

The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...

David Lehigh was friendly with officers and enlisted men. One of his friends was flying over Saigon [Annotator's Note:...

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