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Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...

After discharge, Windom Joseph Burton briefly used the G.I Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Bette C. Horstman...

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

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Besides the flag raising, Dave Severance's most vivid memory was the loss of troops. They knew that the Japanese were...

Being Captured

Joseph L. Harrison and his unit [Annotator's Note: the 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] went back to...

As they neared Iwo Jima, James Salerno and the others were told that it would not take more than a week to take the...

John Singlaub enlisted in the US Army Artillery because he wanted the experience to supplement his infantry skills....

Oral History