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Slomka, Edwin Reflections
The war affected Edwin Slomka's ability to do physical things because of his leg injury.
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Smith, Arthur Accidents and Aircraft Kills
When Arthur Smith was finishing up in the Mediterranean, they had Mark 8 torpedoes [Annotator's Note: Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo] they dumpe
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Smith, Arthur Beaching a PT-Boat
Arthur Smith says that when they were sinking Japanese luggers [Annotator's Note: slang for cargo ships], the often wondered where they all ca
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Smith, Arthur Boot Camp and Overseas
Arthur Smith was 17 when World War 2 broke out for the United States. He volunteered so he could get in the Navy.
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Smith, Arthur Combat Experiences
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Arthur Smith what his first introduction to the war was.] Hard to answer.
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Smith, Arthur Liberating Kuching
Arthur Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13)] set up their shore base in Brunei Bay, Borneo.
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Smith, Arthur Mediterranean Duty
Arthur Smith was stationed at La Maddalena [Annotator's Note: Advanced Base La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy].
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Smith, Arthur Mediterranean to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Smith left his Mediterranean duty and returned to the US from Oran, Algeria.] He landed in New York [Annotator'
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Smith, Arthur Pearl Harbor and Enlisting
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Arthur Smith if he recalls where he was or what he was doing when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor,
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Smith, Arthur Postwar Education
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Smith was serving as chief engineer aboard the USS SC-1267 (SC-1267) in the Sulu Sea, Philippines.] There were peopl
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Smith, Arthur Postwar Life
Arthur Smith was discharged in May 1946 at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, Illinois] as a Motor Mac
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Smith, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be.