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The first thing that happened to Harry McKnight when he reached boot camp was a haircut. He was then given a rifle and...

Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

[Annotators Note: Robert Ray Akins served in a special weapons company in the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

Orville Carroll is glad he was not in combat. Two of his brothers were in the armed services as well, in Germany, but...

Samuel Ukrop experienced a lot of intense training for Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed...

[Annotator's Note: A different interviewer begins asking Selwyn Gilmore questions about his postwar career.] Selwyn...

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine and his first ship assignment was the SS Dolly Madison which they...

James Warren David recalled a time while he was in Pool Boat 12 when a Chaplain and local representative wanted to go...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout the interview.] Harold G. Cowart and the 25th Marines [...

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...

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