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The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

William Cart fought in World War 2 because he "did not have a hell of a choice." He was 18, in good health, and they...

Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez retired from the military as a lieutenant colonel. He had earned a CIB [Annotator's Note: the...

After the war, James Allen lost contact with many of his friends from the war. He was busy with college and did not...

Ed Kough most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying the B-24s [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator...

John Burr remembers they went into the Sea of Japan as a group of nine submarines. They were surprised to see the...

Lowell Rodrigue received more training and was assigned to a unit that was on a Merchant Marine ship. They went to...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about a Medal of Honor recipient he knew.] Henry Erwin [...

When Orville Carroll arrived at Northwest Field on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], the Marines had...

Wim de Jonge feels that The National WWII Museum is an important institution to maintain. The young people of today are...

George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....

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