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Reed, Raymond To The Pacific
Life on the ship was boring. Raymond A. Reed was on 15 different ships in 35 different countries. He was a lucky Seabee...
LeBlanc, Dale Doing What You Were Trained To Do
The first day Dale LeBlanc was ashore on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: LeBlanc landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945] they...
Mace, Sterling Wartime Memories
When Sterling Mace experienced a mortar barrage and machine gun fire on Okinawa, he noticed an unoccupied jeep. He took...
Rieman, Carl Earning the Distinguished Flying Cross
After leaving the scene of the USS Laffey (DD-724) and before reaching his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Shamrock Bay...
Van Wart, Fergus Prewar Life and Piloting Higgins Boats
Fergus Van Wart was born in August 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He was an only child. He went to high school in Dallas and...
Gemmel, Fred War's End and Postwar Life
Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...
Tadewaldt, Gordon Time in the Pacific and Shanghai
Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that the USS PGM-1 had patrol duty around the Philippines. He recalled the kamikaze attacks...
Meyer, Lois Major Martrese Thek Ferguson, Promoted to Captain and Meeting Her Future Husband
Lois Meyer's commanding officer in Arlington, Virginia was a member of the original few [Annotator's Note: the first...
Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...
Synder, Harold Life Becomes Cheap
A Jewish boy joined Harold Daniel Snyder's group [Annotator's Note: 71st Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...
Schicker, Tom Training on Guadalcanal
Thomas Francis Schicker and Leo [Annotator's Note: no last name given; unable to identify] were given mess duty in...
Mayes, Davis Service Aboard the USS Enoree (AO-69)
When Davis Gordon Mayes returned to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] his records were lost...

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