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Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Wallace McKay was sent to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], where he joined the USS Pollux (...

Remi Kidder served on the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-18)] as it performed its job of softening up islands...

Robert Jagers was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1922. His father passed away when he was 11 and he and his mother...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...

Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...

Randolph Daniel landed on Wake Island after the bombs dropped on Japan in August [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...

James Buckley had no interest in politics. Floating around in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer aboard...

Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Denver (CL-58) at Bougainville, covering the landing troops. They would bombard the...

Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

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