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James Livaudais was born in Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. He was one of eight children. There were six boys and two...

When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

The last time Richard Cole saw the old man [Annotator's Note: USAF General James H. Doolittle] was in 1992. Several of...

Lepla took off with the strike group on the morning of the Battle of Santa Cruz [Annotator's Note: 26 October 1942]....

Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...

Giles Bacon thinks it is very important that The National World War II Museum exists. History is not being taught well...

It was amazing to Harold Ward to see how quickly they dumped stuff after the war was over. They were heading back to...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotators Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...

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