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Karpay, Irwin Training for the Armed Guard
I. J. Karpay was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Lansford, William Training with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion
William Lansford and the other Marine Raider recruits were taken to Jacques Farm where they began their training. The...
Jackson, Wilbur USS Bowfin (SS-287)
Wilbur Lee Jackson was assigned to the Bowfin [Annotator’s Note: USS Bowfin (SS-287)] in the auxiliaries gang [...
Engmann, Larry USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156)
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee plays with paper throughout this segment.] Larry Engmann served as a seaman in the Navy...
Dannehl, Robert War's End
Robert Dannehl was a radio operator [Annotator’s Note: on the USS Hubbard (DE-211)]. He got liberty [Annotator's Note:...
Engmann, Larry War's End
Larry Engmann was on the USS PC-1193 when he heard about the end of the war in Europe [Annotator's Note: Victory in...
Patton, Grant War's End
Grant Patton remembers they had to use five-gallon cans to gas the airplanes up. His plane had depth charges [Annotator...
Dannehl, Robert War’s End and Postwar
Robert Dannehl was a radio operator [Annotator’s Note: for the US Navy serving about the USS Hubbard (DE-211)]. He...
Lansford, William Wrapping Up Guadalcanal and Heading to New Caledonia
William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...
Atlantic Ocean, 1945
Photograph. View of the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of the USS Admiral W. L. Capps (AP-121). Personal caption on...
Crewmembers view explosion from depth charge in the North Atlantic, 17 April 1943
Crewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter USS Duane view an explosion from a dropped depth charge. North Atlantic, 17 April...
Damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. Damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
Damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. Damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
Local villager carrying a basket, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. 2650. Local villager carrying a basket, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
Set of buildings, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. Set of buildings, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
U.S. Army soldier posing beside a damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. U.S. Army soldier posing beside a damaged U.S. Army truck, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
U.S. Army soldiers and locals with U.S. Army GMC CCKW 353, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. Two U.S. Army soldiers, possibly near Accra, Ghana. Possibly members of the Air Transport Command, 1940s
Unknown U.S. Army corporal, possibly near Accra, Ghana
Photograph. 33. Unknown U.S. Army corporal, possibly near Accra, Ghana. 1940s
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) passing through a lock in the Panama Canal
Photograph, The USS Oklahoma (BB-37) passing through a lock in the Panama Canal; sailors are on the ship's deck. Stamp...

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