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Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...

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

About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews. The chief radioman asked if anyone had a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen where he was when the atomic bombs were dropped on...

When Mervin Jensen received his draft notice, he thought everyone else had to go so he would to. He went to Fort...

Robert J. Ferris joined Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) as a replacement pilot [Annotator's Note: when...

Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...

When Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] saw the wing...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

David Lehigh was friendly with officers and enlisted men. One of his friends was flying over Saigon [Annotator's Note:...

Robert Erskine Hendrick was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1920. He had one younger sister. His father served 30 years in...

Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...

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