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James Lee could not fight in World War 2, but when the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout this clip as he had a stroke and has trouble remembering...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...

Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...

Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Leroy Fadem was born in February 1921 in New York, New York. His father worked on Wall Street and his mother was a home...

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

Erik Johnsen was in school at Tulane, University in New Orleans, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He feels this...

Randolph Daniel landed on Wake Island after the bombs dropped on Japan in August [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...

James Buckley had no interest in politics. Floating around in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer aboard...

William Balabanow joined the Merchant Marines after World War 2 had broken out. He never encountered the Germans...

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