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Miller, Rudolph Joining the Marine Reserves
Rudolph C. Miller liked the Marines. He was a sucker for the uniform, and he liked it a lot. They were sharp and he...
Jones, Gerry Joining the Marines
Gerry Jones was painting radio towers in California when he heard the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Hill, Rawley Joining the Marines
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill was born in...
Hebert, Willie Roy Joining the Marines
Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...
Guidone, Frank Joining the Marines
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with Frank Guidone and the interviewer talking about Guidone contracting malaria and...
Goodrich, James Joining the Marines and Boot Camp
James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Joining the Marines and Overseas Deployment
Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...
Higgins, Richard Joining the Marines and Pearl Harbor
Richard Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1940. He was set on the Marine Corps from the beginning. He never considered...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Merchant Marine
Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...
Yoho, David Joining the Merchant Marine
As a 13 year old, David Yoho did not have friends of draft age. He did keep company with older boys and took on a tough...
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Stewart, Frank Joining the National Guard, the CCC and the US Marine Corps
When the Battle of the Tenaru River ended, Lieutenant Port recommended Frank Stewart for the Navy Cross but the captain...
Fisher, Clayton Joining the Navy
Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...
Gemmel, Fred Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...
McKeel, Sam Joining the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: The video begins with interviewee talking about how he wanted to write a book and working with a...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: Interviewee pauses the interview several times, struggles to remember events, and repeats statements...
Micklich, Richard Joining the Navy
Richard Micklich was born in 1921 in Pueblo, Colorado. He spent the entirety of his childhood in Pueblo as part of a...
Daquana, Joseph Joining the Navy
Joseph Daquana was born in Plaquemines, Louisiana in May 1928. He was the second youngest child in a family of seven...
Pratt, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert W. "RW" Pratt worked in an art studio for an artist. He made picture frames and sometimes was used as a model....
Miller, Rudolph Joining the Navy
Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...
Johnson, Willard Joining the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: Birds can be heard chirping in the background throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was born in...
Crawford, William Joining the Navy
William Ward Crawford was born in 1914 in Akron, Ohio. He was aware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The...
Brock, Pete Joining the Navy
Pete Brock and his twin brother enlisted in the Navy together on 27 April 1944 and were called to active duty on 6 June...
Burr, John Joining the Navy
John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...
Werner, Morton Joining the Navy
Morton William Werner was born in February 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a middle-class home. His...
Kynett, Gerald Joining the Navy
Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....
Nelson, Philip Joining the Navy
Philip Nelson was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey in December 1920. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The...
Carman, Victor Joining the Navy
Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...
Yusen, Jack Joining the Navy and Boot Camp
Jack Yusen grew up in Queens, New York where he lived with his parents, brother and grandmother and was living there...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Joining the Navy and Cleared for Submarine Duty
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...
Surratt, Carey Joining the Navy and Deploying Overseas
Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...
Sherbecoe, Martin Joining the Navy and Military Training
Martin Sherbecoe remembered that the curfew on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was very strict....
Brant, Robert Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator’s Note: chit chat for the first 13 seconds of the interview] Robert Brant was born 10 October 1924 in Denver...
Lewis, Noah Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...
Bethard, Orville Joining the Navy and Preparing to go to Sea
Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...
Tarrant, Eugene Joining the Navy, Boot Camp, and the USS San Francisco (CA-38)
Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

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