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Fred Bronfin was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born to immigrant parents immediately after World...

Sidney Grossman was discharged as a Yeoman 3rd Class on 22 June 1946 and went to the University of Connecticut [...

After basic training, Robert J. "Bob" Brasel went to Camp Irwin [Annotator's Note: now Fort Irwin in San Bernardino...

Erik Johnsen, a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine says that New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s was active with all...

Roger Shaw boarded another ship after his assignment as captain of the Army transport. The ship had a radio operator...

William Jackson was first sent to Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida] following his induction. He...

[Annotator's Note: A woman interrupts interview throughout this segment. Video begins Andrew Petrus of Company G, 2nd...

Schneider recounts that after the Marshall Islands raid in early February 1942, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) participated...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...

John Votrobeck likes to think the war did not change him. The training he went through honed his skills, particularly...

Walter Amoss was 17 years of age when the war started. Like his fellow students, he wanted to join the military and go...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

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