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Childers was born in Sherman, California. When he was young, his parents move the family to the Oklahoma.When he was...

In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Michael Mervosh was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. The Great Depression taught him how to be frugal. At 18, he joined the...

Henry Baul believes the military offered a bit more racial respect than his civilian life. While in the Marine Corps,...

Schuyler Lininger departed Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] for San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco,...

James Wilson shows the helmet he had on [Annotator's Note: when he was shot while serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion...

Frederick Ellis was relieved [Annotator's Note: of his command of USS LST-1026] and went to San Francisco [Annotator's...

After being discharged in August 1946, Harry McKnight went home and enrolled in the University of Ohio [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...

In early June [Annotator's Note: June 1944] Edward Driscoll's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin (CV-13)] was held in...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout interview.] There were big rainstorms while there [...

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