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Jack Vandervort was born in Bigheart, Oklahoma in December 1921. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

Bane Cook was born in August 1925 in Illinois. He had an older brother. [Annotator’s Note: Cook talks about his brother...

Cyril de la Vergne was in the Marine Corps about for two and a half years. It was office work and did not change after...

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...

After completing her course work, Betty Masket went home for a couple of weeks. She then went to the plant [Annotator's...

Stella Sarnacki found out that her father died from causes of the war like the gas. She does not remember her...

The day the war was over is the most memorable for Amelia Taylor. She wanted to serve because her brothers were serving...

Joseph Mittelsdorf was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He was in the rear echelon for the Battle of Iwo Jima [...

Verna White's first assignment was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego...

[Annotator’s Note: People in the background talk throughout the segment.] In August 1945, the Japanese surrendered...

William B. Hughes sailed on the hospital ship USAHS Wisteria on his second voyage. He was assigned a fire station but...

George Mitchell feels he was in an outfit that had always denied them being a part of it, the Marine Corps. He feels he...

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