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Jack Skaggs joined the Oklahoma National Guard when he was 15 years old. He was in Headquarters Battery, 70th Field...

Robert S. Gibbs was assigned to fleet maneuvers at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the USS...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

To avoid being drafted into the Army, James D. Comeaux volunteered for Naval service in June 1944, boarded a train, and...

Dr. Peter Paret, military historian and author, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924, and his youth and life were shaped...

David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...

[Annotator’s Note: Someone is coughing in the background throughout this segment.] Willie D. Knippers was born in Pike...

Peter Gallo was discharged as a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class]. He began life as "kind of a sick kid," who...

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

John Singlaub had a specific OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of the Central...

Armando Galella insists that the men and women in today's armed forces deserve the best Americans can give them,...

Joe Clapper remembers being on a date at a movie theater on Pearl Harbor Day. When he came out, newsboys were peddling...

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