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Hill, Marvin Early Life
Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...
McLain, Cecil Early Life to the Battle of Okinawa
Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...
Johnson, John Encounter with the Enemy and Damage Repair
At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...
Saik, Ogden End of Duty in the Pacific
The LSM-319 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship Medium] on which Ogden Saik served made about six other beachheads all...
Anderson, Howard End of the War
That night, Howard Anderson was given some food. At some point in the night, air raid sirens started blaring because...
Grahlfs, F. End of the War
After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], F. Lincoln Grahlfs received orders to tow away the USS Hugh W. Hadley...
Lepore, Louis End of the War and Occupation Duty
At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...
Hill, Marvin Enlistment, Training and Aerial Combat
Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...
Rosenbaum, James Events on Okinawa
James Stewart Rosenbaum worked with two Navajo Code Talkers [Annotator's Note: also called Diné code talkers, one group...
McLain, Cecil Experiences Across the Pacific
Cecil Ezell McLain was aboard the battleship [Annotator's Note: USS Tennessee (BB-43)] when it bombarded and took Kiska...
Groth, Walter Experiencing Combat
Walter Groth remembers the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had a great Air Force. Later...
O'Brien, William L. Experiencing Combat
William O’Brien remembers serving at the Panama Canal [Annotator's Note: a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Experiencing Kamikaze Attacks
Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...
Waggoner, Wesley Family Life
Wesley Waggoner was born in 1927 [Annotator’s Note: May 1927 in Watonga, Oklahoma]. His family was composed of 14...
Jacobson, Martin Fear, Saipan, Guam and Okinawa
When Martin Jacobson and his Underwater Demolition Team [Annotator's Note: UDT-3] did reconnaissance, they did not go...
Bee, Donald Feelings Toward Enemies
Donald H. "Don" Bee saw a man who was captured after he got out of his airplane waving at the Americans [Annotator's...
Nolan, Warren Fighting Fires and Recovering the Dead
Warren Nolan was aboard the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) when it was hit by two kamikaze aircraft on 11 May 1945. The deck...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Fighting Kamikazes
Socrates Dendrinelis remembers the kamikazes [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide bombers] hitting the ships. It made a...
Gambino, Elroy Fighting on Tarawa and Saipan
Elroy Gambino and the Marines [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...
Celaya, Adolfo Final Mission of the Indianapolis
Adolfo V. Celaya sailed to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) delivering key components of...
Chauncey, Charles Final Missions and War’s End
Charles Graves Chauncey did very few daylight missions and during those missions he would fly low. Most of his daylight...
Rackham, Milton Final Patrol in the Pacific
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...
Goodwin, Hersey First Bombing Mission
Hersey Goodwin does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 11th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force]....
Arceneaux, Arthur First Combat Missions
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] had...
Ellis, Frederick First Kamikaze
Frederick Ellis was sent to Hollandia, New Guinea. He recalls that they were not slated to go on the Leyte [Annotator's...
Raquepau, John First Kamikaze Attack
John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51] bombed Clark Field [...
Burke, Murphy First Leave and Last Operation
Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...
Harper, Douglas Flashbacks to Pearl Harbor
Douglas Harper said that after Pearl Harbor it was believed the Fifth Column had poisoned the water supply. [Annotator'...
Brooks, Charles Edward Flying Combat Mission from USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Charles Brooks saw purple flak on his first combat mission off the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6...
Bass, Stewart Flying from the USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Yorktown (CV-10) and sinking the Yamato
Stewart Bass flew off the Lexington [Annotator's Note: USS Lexington (CV-16)] to the Japanese home islands over Tokyo...
Elliott, John Flying Missions
John Elliott felt that the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was an excellent...
Lafleur, Kenneth Flying Missions From Aua Island
In 1944, Kenneth A. Lafleur and the 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force were sent to an airfield in Finschhafen, New...
Dickinson, Robert Fourth and Final Run, Court-Martial and Reassignment
Robert Dickinson's fourth patrol [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Queenfish (SS-393)] included the sad story of the...
Metcalf, James Franklin Attacked by Enemy
James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...
McCowen, William Frightening Nuclear Mission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William McCowen to discuss a comparison of his nuclear bomb missions in the...
Saik, Ogden From New Guinea to Leyte
On landing in Hollandia New Guinea, Ogden Saik was impressed by the dominance of the American Navy. There were ships...

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