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After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

When Jones arrived at Eglin he knew most of the pilots and many of the airmen. Soon, everyone got to know each other....

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

Peter Hebert’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was wanting to join the Navy and the patriotism of the country...

Kenneth Beard's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being a switchboard operator. He chose to serve because he...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Prior to becoming the postmaster, Walter Bowsher had manned three inch antiaircraft guns. He was familiar with those...

Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...

When the Japanese General Homma [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma] brought...

George A. Damiano was ordered to pick up the dead Japanese [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan], but he refused to do...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

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