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Jack A. Smithson was born in Malvern, Arkansas in 1923. As a kid, he worked in the sawmill there. At about 15, Smithson...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard lived in Gulfport [Annotator’...

One day in late 1945 Allen Tillery was called in to the office of the colonel and informed that his application for the...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...

[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was born in the Bronx, New York in March 1924. [...

While serving in England, there was a ship that gave Lee O. McKinnon and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Calvert (...

After two years in the Army, Paul Kerchum was discharged, but re-enlisted for another overseas deployment. His second...

Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. was sent to Camp Gordon [Annotator's Note: now Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia] to prepare for...

The cook [Annotator's Note: on the USS LCI(L)-1012] got sick, and one was needed. Harold Ronson put in for it as he had...

Johnnie A. Jones, Senior went to Southern University Demonstration High School [Annotator's Note: Southern University...

Elmore Fredrick Ruck was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1922. His father worked as a public service...

Calvin F. Bannon was born in Seattle, Washington in 1921 and had two older brothers. One of his brothers flew a B-17 [...

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