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During the war, Washington, DC was crowded. They had food rationing and gasoline rationing. Emma Keulegan and her...

When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...

Charles T. Edwards and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66)] were sent to Southern California...

[Annotator’s Note: Outside noises can be heard throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was a Captain in the Navy and...

Walter Trauner was born in 1925 in Boonton, New Jersey. His father had a bakery there. In 1929, his father sold the...

Murphy Burke was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in February 1926. He and his only sibling, a sister, grew up in New...

Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...

Theodore Robert Tanner was born in Portland, Oregon in December 1920. He had one younger sister, born two years after...

Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

Clarke Langrall was born in December 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up during the Great Depression, things were...

Eugene N. James was born in Brewton, Alabama. His father was a Methodist minister, and they spent a lot of time in West...

Claude L. Lewis was born in 1922. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global economic depression that...

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