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Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Raymond Bailey was not a Catholic but he went to Father O'Callahan's services [Annotator's Note: Captain Joseph T. O'...

Robert Brant wanted to be transferred to new duties on an escort ship going to the Philippines after spending 11 months...

[Annotator’s Note: Outside noises can be heard throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was a Captain in the Navy and...

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

Leslie B. Mason, Junior was on MP [Annotator's Note: military police] duty for a while and then became a jailer [...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine was born in July 1927 in Baguio, Philippines [Annotator's Note: Baguio, Luzon,...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

Wallace McKay's most memorable experience of the war was going to Japan. It was memorable because of how docile the...

Chester Hollingsworth did not have much fun in basic training. The trainees were assigned ten to a tent. Besides...

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