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John DuBose was born in November 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He lived there almost all of his life. He grew up in a blue...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

Louis John Walter departed New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] on the James Smith [Annotator's Note: SS...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk. Then getting back on the ship...

David Yoho had his first voyage on a tanker shakedown trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the shakedown, the ship went...

Harold Whitaker does not believe that the story of the veterans of World War 2 has not really been told. He also...

After John DuBose signed on with the Merchant Marines, he was shipped to the Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg,...

Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...

Louis John Walter sailed on the James Fallen [Annotator's Note: unable to verify ship name]. A couple of Walter's...

Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...

Dee Wayne White was born in September 1929 in Chester, Idaho. At age eight, his parents divorced, and he moved with his...

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