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[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus.] Leslie Cruise was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia,...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

Terry T. Shima was born in January 1923 outside of Hilo, Hawaii. He grew up on a sugar plantation. His parents both...

James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...

Frank H. O'Leary was leaving his friend's house when he learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

After Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands], Henry James...

Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

Delbert Franklin Hackman was born on a farm near Havana, Illinois in September 1919. He grew up on a farm and worked...

Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....

Robert Tyler Oakes was born in March 1922 in New Albany, Indiana. He enjoyed his youth participated in plays in high...

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