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Oral history interview with Harold C. Dye about life in South Carolina during the Great Depression, working in a Pensacola shipyard, basic training, war experiences in the Pacific on troop ships and landing craft, and the transition into post-war…

Oral history interview with Gene Vaughan about life growing up in Mississippi during the Great Depression, how his whole class volunteered in 1943 to be aviator gunners, but he wanted to be a pilot like one of his older brothers. He did basic…

Prisoners of War: Stolen Freedom compares the stories of four American servicemen through their time as prisoners of war in three major 20th century conflicts; World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. Their stories are supported by archival motion…

Nov. 2008, Dr. Giles McCoy's speech about WW2 in USMC on the USS Indianapolis, filmed by the Veterans Council of St. Johns County, Chairman Bill Dudley, program director Michael Rothfeld.This speech was given at Flagler College's Lewis Auditorium.

Claude Kendall talks about his experience on a mission in northern China where his plane was hit, the crew had to bail out, and their experiences in China afterwards. He also talks about how he has written papers and saved pictures of his time during…

Oral history interview with Clarence Edwin Nichols about life during the Great Depression in Alabama, where he was/what he was doing on Dec. 7th. He was drafted in May 1945, and did basic training over the summer. He reenlisted after having mustered…