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Richard Tempus Dixon was born in June 1925 in Oakland, California. He was the second of two sons raised by his father...

Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...

[Annotator’s Note: There are various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce was born in northern...

Joseph John Mammino was unaware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression was a global economic...

Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...

Blaine Kern went to Czechoslovakia to tour the glass industry. The secret police were following him. He has a factory...

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

Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...

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

William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...

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

Frederick Amore was born in 1924 in Bay Ridge, New York and lived there until age 17 when he moved to Rome, New York....

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