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John Smith was already in the service when the war started and he wanted to get into the fight, but he admits that when...

Thomas Edward Pugh enjoyed returning to the United States, but also enjoyed going overseas. Pugh was surprised when he...

Hugh Ettinger was discharged from the Navy and used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman in June 1944. His crew got along well together...

James Patterson started flying missions to take photographs of the islands. [Annotator’s Note: Patterson talks about...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...

Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was the historian for the unit [Annotator's Note: Goodwin was a member of the I...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

Gerald Kynett was born in December 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, right outside...

When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...

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