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Life was rather simple in Honolulu, Hawaii when Ray Emory got there in October 1941. He didn't drink in those days, so...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson became the skipper [Annotator's Note: captain, or commander] of his boat. A graduate of...

After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley why he chose to be a paratrooper.] Billingsley grew up a poor...

Joseph LaNier had no training or explanation concerning how to perform as a Seabee [Annotator’s Note: Seabee is a twist...

Claude Bufford Shaw was born in Marie, Arkansas, in 1918. When his Midshipman class graduated on 13 December 1941, he...

William Beaman was 18 years old when he participated in his first submarine patrol in the Pacific, and he said he didn'...

William Darling was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925. He always wanted to be in the military. He wanted to go to...

George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....

Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior's experience in the Navy was exciting. He always enjoyed coming through and seeing the...

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