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Frank George Memory was a crewman on a submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Gato (SS-212)]. The boat was about 300 feet...

The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...

Claude Taylor married his wife after graduating LSU [Annotator's Note: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,...

In 1943, Frank Pantuso reported to the local recruiting station on his 18th birthday and joined the Marine Corps. He...

[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] In...

[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

Karen K. Lewis was born in 1932 in Glendale, California. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior was told he could stay in the Army, but he had no desire. He got home in September [Annotator's...

From Fort Custer, Harold DeForest was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia for 13 weeks of basic training. They were on the...

Olaf Rose said he suffered no lasting effects from the war, and had no trouble transitioning from sailor to civilian....

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