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Wade, Nelsyn Early Life
Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, but was raised around San Augustine [Annotator's Note: San...
Oldberg, Nils The Depression to the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...
Bale, Edward Saipan
Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...
de Jonge, Wim Returning Home then Immigrating to America
Wim de Jonge returned to Holland where found that the government was not willing to pay his three and a half years of...
Wieland, Kenneth Coming Home
There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...
Wicklund, John Enlistment, Training and Deployment
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Wicklund how he ended up in the Army.] John Wicklund explains that during...
Piazzo, Lincoln Direct Theater Orders
Once assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron [Annotator's Note: 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Reconnaissance...
Duff, Clarence Reflections
Clarence Robert Duff does not believe World War 2 changed him. It made him realize how green he was. He learned a lot...
Zamperini, Louis Flying Combat Missions in the Pacific
Louis Zamperini thought that the mission [Annotator's Note: to bomb Wake Island] was a piece of cake because they were...
Dunlavy, Jack Third Fleet Actions
On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...
Gilman, John Missions over the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Muffled talking can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] John Sanford Gilman was...

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