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Charles R. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1924. His father was a window washer. His mother was a housewife...

Thomas W. Gillette's most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing the Japanese planes fly over his house during...

Ernest Cowell thinks being on shore in the Army is different from being at sea in the Navy. In the Navy, he did not...

When Ralph Weymouth left Guadalcanal he returned to the United States. He was flown to Noumea where he boarded the SS...

Charles Martin was born in August 1922 in Nebraska. He had one brother that died when he was an infant. His father was...

After leaving the scene of the USS Laffey (DD-724) and before reaching his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Shamrock Bay...

Joseph Traina was born in Labadieville, Louisiana in June 1917. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what he recalls...

Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

Vincent Losada was born in Cleveland, Ohio in May 1925. His parents were both immigrants from Spain. His father was a...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

George Shenkle was born in New Jersey in 1921. His father was a clerk to the superintendent of a steel company. His...

[Annotator's Note: It is very difficult to understand Carleton Cleveland due to sound issues throughout this clip.]...

Oral History