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After Leyte, Harper Gruber's vessel [Annotator's Note: USS YMS-339] took part in the second invasion [Annotator's Note...

Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...

Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...

Carlos Reed does not think about his service much. He has memories of the war, but he does not think it made a...

William Hall was born in Denver, Colorado in July 1920. His family soon moved to Green River, Wyoming where his father...

William G. Roy is proud of his role in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. He thinks that the...

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

When Ray Gene Gresham deployed to the Pacific, he left out of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco,...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Samuel Ukrop mid-sentence, expressing his opinion on women in combat.] While...

James Bowie used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was enacted...

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

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