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The smell over Tokyo during that night bombing mission [Annotator's Note: the 24 and 25 May 1945 fire bombing mission]...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Samuel Goss boarded the USS Bladen [Annotator's Note: USS Bladen (APA-63)] as it entered into a trial period prior to...

Some of the things Richard F. Penwell [Annotator's Note: and the rest of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 511th Parachute...

The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he embraced military life.] Zilliacus liked the Navy very...

James McEnery was born in Brooklyn, New York in September 1919. He grew up in Brooklyn in a rugged area. There was a...

When Arthur Pendleton was on the ridge he recalled a shell from a Japanese naval gun landing in front of them. The...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

William Jackson returned to the United States in the latter part of 1946. He lived with his mother and dad and later...

Childers was born in Sherman, California. When he was young, his parents move the family to the Oklahoma.When he was...

Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...

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