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Pictures taken of Mary Boyle before and/or during the interview with Bill Napper (pictured) for Serve and Protect: Stories from WWII. Mrs. Boyle was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Photograph of Corporal Boyle is included on…

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…

Henery Grave talks about his experiences during World War II when he was in Europe. He talks about his travels to France, Belgium, Poland, and Russia. He also talks about when he was in Germany, where his company was attacked and he was captured,…

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…

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…

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…

Marian Barnett discusses her experience in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) program. She also talked about the Hotel Ponce de Leon being used for training for the male members of…

Photographs of Paul Litchfield re-photographed during filming for Serve and Protect: Stories from WWII. Mr. Litchfield was a Corpsman 1st Class in the U.S. Navy during World War II.