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Oscar Culp was born in May 1925 in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a young African-American, he saw some of the biases...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] felt that capturing combat on film was very...

Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...

Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). The...

Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

Francis Bucher was aboard a World War 1 vessel on his way to Adak [Annotator's Note: Adak Island, Aleutian Islands,...

David Heath was born in November 1921 in Toppenish, Washington. When he was seven, his family moved to Montana. While...

Walter Nelson was only 19 years old at the time [Annotators Note: at the time of the Battle of the Coral Sea]. The USS...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

George A. Damiano was born in Riverside, California in 1924. He grew up in a little town called Murrieta, California...

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