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J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

There were plenty of men with shell shock [Annotator's Note: psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to...

Jimmie Dyer and the 6th Marine Division was sent to replace the Army's 27th Infantry Division in the south of Okinawa....

After Marine Corps boot camp, Arthur McHardy was sent to Seattle, Washington to a Navy yard as an MP [Annotator's Note...

Robert Lewter was born Lincoln County, Tennessee in October 1927. His father was a sharecropper. Lewter grew up...

Richard Micklich recalls the relief and happiness he felt on VE Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

Walter John Guyote cheated on the eye exam to get into the Navy. He was sent to San Diego, California for boot camp. He...

Richard McEwen was born in Silver Creek, New York, and lived there with his parents and two siblings until he was eight...

Once word came that they were shipping out, Robert Leese flew with his crew as a passenger, stopping for fuel in Fiji,...

Mark Maynard [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] sailed from Pearl Harbor to Midway to top off fuel...

Interviewer asks Delewski if his experience on the Laffey changed him. On the day that all of this happened [Annotator'...

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