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Burr, John Life on a Submarine
John Burr was on watch and he could spot anything on watch at night. He wanted to be on his watch at least five minutes...
Votrobek, Jr., John Perth and First War Patrol
When John Votrobeck arrived at the base [Annotator's Note: in Freemantle, Australia], he was assigned to Submarine...
Wise, Curtis Jungle Training in Hawaii
After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Curtis Winfred Wise went to Fort Rucker, Alabama to a new company...
Chinnis, Edward Heading to Japan, Typhoons and the End of the War
When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...
Phillips, Sidney From Pearl Harbor to Parris Island
Sidney Philips remembers hearing about Pearl Harbor while sitting at a drug store counter on the corner of Dauphin and...
Hanson, Wilfred Fierce Combat on Peleliu
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] heard a man...
Bacon, Giles Segment 5
Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...
Weber, Ed Entrance Into the Service and Postwar
Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Hebert, Richard Postwar Life
After his discharge from the Army in August 1945, Richard Hebert, Sr. came home and attended Springhill College in...
Smith, William J. Returning Home with Bataan Survivors
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Smith where he was when he heard the news of the atomic bombs being...
Currier, Al Reflections
The most memorable situation for Al Currier was being trapped on a mountain with no one knowing where they were [...
Bowie, James Prewar Life
James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...

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