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Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...

Allen Horton was called back to Navy headquarters in New York to pick up a Silver Star. The citation was for his work...

Robert Riddle was at Okinawa when the atomic bombs were dropped. His crew, on hearing of the surrender, was a little...

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

Richard Candelaria was set to Camp Lucky Strike in Le Havre, France. He had been accustomed to his accommodations prior...

When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...

John Edmund Murman, assigned to the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103), left Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor,...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

John E. Johnson's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Liddle (APD-60)] stayed in China for a few weeks, mostly for rest and...

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