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When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

After the war, Robert Lents hated the Japanese. He said the Australians took over the island on which he had been kept...

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

Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...

That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...

In late 1943, Charles A. Waller boarded a ship from San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] with 800 other...

William Roy remembers the fighter planes beginning to malfunction after being at sea for so long. A lot of planes'...

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

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

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] wrote about his experiences to Leatherneck...

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