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Norman Elliott was born in November 1926 and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He had an older brother. Their...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

Robert Villars found that life was cheap as a result of his time in World War Two. He particularly saw that in India...

Frederick Grun returned to the United States by way of Hawaii. The four days he spent quartered at Hospital Point in...

Theodore Vallas joined the Navy in 1939 when students in college were being prepared to go to the anticipated war....

Robert Templet feels that the youth of today may not be as interested in World War 2, or even protecting their liberty...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Sturman why getting his first command of men in the Aleutian Islands,...

Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

Joseph Daquarna enlisted in early 1945 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Afterward, he was assigned to a submarine...

Lawrence Winnier did not stay in touch with anyone after the war. He has one grandson, three granddaughters, and two...

Tony Schneider was from Hillsboro, Missouri, and he attended college at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He...

After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...

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