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[Annotator's Note: There is the sound of a lawnmower in the background during this clip.] Harry Bender was born and...

Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson kept moving north until he made it to Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella,...

Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...

While stationed on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] Anna McCalla Noren was thrilled when she...

Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...

The training Marines receive is to make sure that they are always ready. After boot camp, Keith Renstrom went into...

Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...

James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...

Earl Wergin's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was killed. He fought because he felt there...

Woods was upset after the war because he wasn't given the benefits of the G.I. Bill. A friend of his his who had been...

[Annotator's Note: Interviewee pauses the interview several times, struggles to remember events, and repeats statements...

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