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Marvin Martin was born in South Bend, Indiana in June 1926. He served in the military during World War 2 from December...

Milton Fernandez left the Galapagos Islands and sailed for Hawaii. At that time, the Japanese were everywhere in the...

Giles Bacon was with the Marine Raiders [Annotators Note: 2nd Marine Raider Battalion] for six months. He had enough of...

Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....

David Thomason used the G.I. Bill in 1950 after having just gotten married. He went back to farming several acres of...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

Irwin Schneider was ill prepared to be a naval officer when he went on active duty. He was sent to Fort Schuyler, New...

Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...

Louis Zamperini was converted in 1949. In 1951, he returned to Japan, particularly to visit Sugamo Prison because he...

Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...

By the end of October 1943, Benjamin Albert Glusing was sending in payroll to get his men paid. He commanded 40 men at...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Oral History