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After the war ended, Virginia Wilterdink had enough of the island climate, and elected to work on the hospital ship USS...

Robert Freligh’s father died when he was two and a half years old. His mother worked full time as a pharmacist but was...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310)] was 17 years old when he joined...

Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...

Jack Pierce remembers getting to Kwajalein Island [Annotator’s Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] after they had...

In late summer of 1951 John Reeder returned to the United States. He was immediately sent to Quantico, Virginia for a...

Francis Bucher was training pilots for night flying [Annotator's Note: at Naval Air Station Ellyson Field, Pensacola,...

Donald F. Goyette boarded the SS John Land [Annotator's Note: USS John Land (AP-167)], a makeshift troop ship, that did...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts mid-conversation. Jacklyn Lucas is saying that he had skin taken from his butt and...

Wallace Spencer was in Sampson, New York [Annotator's Note: Naval Training Station Sampson in Sampson, New York] for a...

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