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Childers was then assigned to Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Childers though that Ft. Rucker would be good duty but it wasn't. He...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotators Note: aboard the USS Boise in...

James Billingsley was in the mountains fighting and going down a gulley [Annotator's Note: in the Philippines]. Machine...

Learning of the Japanese surrender was a relief for Don Daniels. He was on a ship off Honolulu [Annotator's Note:...

Victor K. Carman remembers the typhoon. It was significant. The Philippines got hit by a typhoon with winds of 190...

William Scott Stroud and his crew carried out 39 strategic bombing missions. [Annotator's Note: Having been shot down...

[Annotator's Note: Orville Bethard served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) which was sunk during...

After he retired he played golf. He still lives in California.Childers experienced the big earthquake of 1989.

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

Homer Myers flew his own airplane from California across the Pacific. The first flight was 12 to 13 hours. They left...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...

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