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Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

Most of the time, they got along with the Filipinos. Stinson notes that any foreigner who comes in and occupies another...

Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...

Burton Johnson had been in the service for three years when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: on...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

James Patterson trained in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]. His crew was like a family. They...

Earl Williams used to play baseball and softball with his unit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port...

[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the army as a radio...

Mark Maynard witnessed a big celebration at the end of the war. Some men even drank torpedo fuel which contained...

Ed Weber is proud to have been in the Marine Corps. He loves his country and the Marine Corps. It upsets him greatly to...

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