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It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

Joe G. Casillas was born in San Pedro, California in October 1925. He grew up around Pacoima [Annotator's Note: Pacoima...

[Annotator's Note: This interview clip begins with a tape break then starts midsentence.] George Colburn did not go...

After returning to his carrier, Norman Kleiss got a cup of coffee and prepared for his next flight. About that time a...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] Not one day goes by...

Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter pilot with Fighting Squadron 22 (VF-22) aboard...

Charles Martin was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator’s Note: in Oceanside, California] when they formed the 1st Amphibious...

The crew left from San Francisco, California, and Theodore Theodore remembers that during the overnight flight the...

Since Richard Nummer had been separated from his original unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Company, 28th Marine Regiment...

Alfred Raymond Mosher lost about 30 or 40 pounds while he was a prisoner. Mosher remained in the Navy for an additional...

Aaron Baumgarten pointed out that he was serving in the Air Transport Command (ATC) during the era of Lend-Lease, when...

James Gaffney reveals how the PT Boat reacted to rough seas. Included is an explanation of how the bilge pumping system...

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