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[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Ben Steele had not eaten in three days when he was captured. He was captured after walking out in front of an enemy...

Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was a crewman on an LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also...

Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town. His father...

Hugh Wingo was at Midway [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Midway, 4 to 7 June 1942; Midway Island]. This was the next...

Gerald West was transported from Tulagi to Guadalcanal aboard the USS Colhoun (APD-2). The USS Colhoun was sunk while...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

Jimmie Dyer went from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. All of their equipment was on the deck of the ship and it rained the...

Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...

The most memorable situation for Al Currier was being trapped on a mountain with no one knowing where they were [...

James Shelton Scales majored in insurance when he was in college. He signed up as an insurance agent after the war. He...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was born in August 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father owned a sheet metal business and...

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