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Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was born in...

Jack Leaming was aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in November 1941. [Annotator's Note: Leaming served in the Navy as a...

Jack Pierce remembers getting to Kwajalein Island [Annotator’s Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] after they had...

Nancy Lynch Castellano authored a book entitled "Looking Back at the WAVES: A Chronicle of the 90,000 Navy Women of...

David Eugene Turnbull was born in March 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His family moved to Blue Springs, Nebraska where his...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...

Olaf Rose became acquainted with, and courted, his future wife by mail from the Pacific. When he came home on a 30 day...

Wesley Waggoner was born in 1927 [Annotator’s Note: May 1927 in Watonga, Oklahoma]. His family was composed of 14...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

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