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Curtis Winfred Wise was born in September 1919 in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Growing up there was great. It was a mill...

Fred Arthur Balfour was born in August 1923, in Glens Falls, New York. He lived there until he was 12 years old. When...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

[Annotators Note: The interview begins with John Gibbons and the interviewer discussing what got the interviewer...

Wesley Carroll was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1922. He grew up there, and graduated from high school in 1939, after...

Albert Porche went into the service after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The armed forces were trying to recruit as many...

Martin Jacobson underwent demolition training at Fort Pierce, Florida. He also learned sneak and peek, or surreptitious...

Donald Witmer didn't know what his fate would be. He thought he was drifting toward the beach, one that was held by the...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

Joseph Orlando was assigned to Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, Massachusetts to be a Drill Instructor but it...

William Braddock signed up for Marine paratrooper training after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He returned to San Diego...

Elmer Knudsen was born in February 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Camden, New Jersey. He had a...

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