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Albert Reale thought the Japanese were miserable people, and seeing the surviving soldiers from Okinawa reinforced his...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

Burton "Burt" Johnson was born in December 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When he was seven, he spent the summer at...

Donald Joseph Scholle was born in New York City in July 1923. He served in both World War 2 and the Korean War. Before...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

[Annotators Note: The interview begins mid conversation but gets on track shortly after the initial conversation.] Tom...

Pastor Dale Peterson was born in Warren, Minnesota in February 1926. He grew up in the Great Depression. His life was...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

When Glynn G. Raby Jr. first considered enlisting, he wanted to join the Air Corps. He was young, and aviation was...

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

Vernon Cummings had the opportunity to voyage on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with his son in 1977. His...

Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...

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