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Lee O. McKinnon stayed in the Navy until 1947. The Navy made good progress. When he first enlisted, there was no Navy...
In basic training, Norris Bucksell had a new lieutenant who would not give him a paycheck because his mustache needed...
Chester L. Talley was not too anxious to go overseas and serve in World War 2, but since he had no choice, he tried to...
George A. Damiano recalled the weather [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] being so wet that they had to talk their...
Clifford Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division] were on...
Rosemary Elfer does not recall any instances of discrimination either while working for Higgins Industries or while...
Peter Gallo never got hit, but while he was on Leyte, he contracted malaria. He ran a high fever and was throwing up,...
Ralph C. Franklin went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] before the division [Annotator's...
Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...
David Klinepeter does not think that young people know enough about World War 2. He thinks young people need to know...
For Francis Hurd, the most difficult part of the war was crossing the beachhead onto French soil because they didn't...
Lowell Rodrigue had many dreams about World War 2 and cannot watch movies related to the war. He has been clinically...
Michael Clancey thinks that the Vietnam War should be taught, but with the proper perspective. He hopes the focus will...
Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...
Irwin Stovroff feels that The National WWII Museum is a creation that could only have happened after a war like the one...
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty does not feel that the war changed her even though some of the times were a bit scary....
William Curtis believes that people should study World War 2 in the future because it is part of history. Curtis did...
The United States came together in the Second World War, Edward Allesandro said, and he is sure that the soldiers'...
Asked if the war changed him in any way, Cleatus Lebow said it helped him have a little more faith, and mentioned that...
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. attempted to correspond with a female Japanese friend who had treated him well after he was...
Otis Kight had a 30 year career in the Navy. He remembers near the end of boot camp when he was given liberty [...
Warren Schmitt had negative feelings about the Japanese before and during the war. The kamikazes had no respect for...
Walter Groth thought he would not have been there if it was not for the war. He was headed into certain death. He was a...
John Pogue flew into Holland in a glider as a member of a rifle company. He was under fire there as he was in the...
Louis Smith had trouble sleeping because of dreams of Iwo Jima, but he didn't otherwise feel he had problems getting...
Robert G. Frey has spoken more to the interviewer about the war than he has ever previously done. He was there and when...
Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was very happy that the war was over. They had good food on the ship coming home. His wife...
Ralph F. Lafferty wrote to his wife during the war. While on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short...
Daniel J. Lennon's father had cancer so he received special permission to see him before he died. In November 1944,...
Sergeant Carter [Annotator's Note: UNited States Marine Corps Sergeant James "Rudy" Carter] was a stickler for the...
Olen Grant spent Christmas 1943 in a prison camp. For Grant, the holidays were just like any other day. Some of the...
Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...
Lloyd Dendy went to the Russell Islands [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. Pavuvu and Mbanika were coconut...
Sam Goldstein [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division]...
Sterling Mace and his company [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...
Roy Cascio went to Texas on his way home. A pretty girl was sent in the room with you to get you to sign up for longer...

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