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[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer attempting to level out the audio.] Alexander Jefferson was...

When the draft was instituted, Harold Ashton decided to enlist in the Navy with hopes of becoming a pilot. After...

William Balabanow has always felt stigma about his service in the Merchant Marine and the negative associations with...

Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. received the Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the fourth-highest award a United States service...

Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

Robert Clifford Pryor [Annotator's Note: with the 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division]...

George McGovern also read the Stars and Stripes, the Bible, and various newspapers. He sent home most of what he was...

Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...

Edgar De Pue Osgood was on anti-submarine and escort duty [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...

Harley Reynolds learned immediately on the Queen Mary that they were headed for England because the crew passed along...

Jim Stumpfa was assigned to convoy duty in the North Atlantic [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Bangor (PF-16)]. They...

[Annotator's Note: Walter Henry Barton took part in intensive training from his arrival at Camp Adair, Oregon from...

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