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Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...

Trinidad Ledesma received orders to ship out from Fort Ord [Annotator's Note: in California] at around three or four o'...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Thomas Kolesa to talk about the radar he worked with.] Antiaircraft artillery...

Fred Wesighan grew up in Kenilworth, New Jersey. After he graduated high school, he wanted to be a pilot in the...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

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

After his discharge from the Army in August 1945, Richard Hebert, Sr. came home and attended Springhill College in...

Harold Bergbower learned to appreciate life and Uncle Sam as a result of his experiences in World War 2. He has felt...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...

Francis John "Dick" Varone had not spoken much about his wartime experiences until he joined a group of other veterans...

Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...

James Bowie knew the war was still going on when he was going home. Many of the men had war souvenirs. They were told...

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