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Crandall, Joe War's End and Postwar
Joe Crandall experienced the most difficult combat when his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion] fought on the Belgian-Germa
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Crane, James D-Day and Enemy Torpedo Attack
James Crane was waiting for D-Day in the war zone. They knew it was coming but did not know when.
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Crane, James Early Life
James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in the county.
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Crane, James First Convoy
James Crane experienced a great change in the Merchant Marine.
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Crane, James Merchant Marine Academy
James Crane’s brother was taken prisoner by the Germans [Annotator’s Note: after being shot down over the Ploesti oilfields as a bomber pilot].
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Crane, James Merchant Marine Training
James Crane got into the Merchant Marine because Roosevelt [Annotator’s Note: President Franklin D.
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Crane, James Reflections
James Crane would repeat his service in World War II if called upon. The country has been very good to him and his family.
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Cravens, Rudy Entrance into Service
Rudy Cravens was born in Tennessee in February 1918.
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Cravens, Rudy Overseas Deployment
Rudy Cravens remembers the ship he deployed on had to zig-zag [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver] and everyone got seasick.
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Cravens, Rudy Reflections
Rudy Cravens thinks the war made him grow up. He remembers the night before their first attack. He was happy when he heard the war was over.
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Crawford, William Joining the Navy
William Ward Crawford was born in 1914 in Akron, Ohio.
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Crawford, William Overseas in the Pacific
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] William Ward Crawford returned to Seattle [Annotator’s Note: Sea