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NEW - Claude Nunnally, USS Wilson (DD-408): Claude Nunnally tells the story of the involvement of the destroyer USS Wilson, in the Able shot of Operation Crossroads, the first nuclear test detonation after the end of the war, on July 1, 1946 at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison tells the story of a Navy man who uses his R&R to fight with the Marines, only to alienate himself from the crew of the USS Chub.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison recalls the USS Chub using their conventional, non-torpedo, weapons to sink large supply ships.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison remembers the near death of the USS Chub when a stray Japanese bomber sneaks up on the surfaced sub during the early morning hours.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison and the crew of the USS Chub take on an Indonesian POW.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison recalls the USS Chub sinking the high-speed Japanese Minelayer W-34.
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NEW - Edward Morrison, USS Chub (SS-329): Ed Morrison recalls the interesting, strange, and often grueling train ride across the Australian continent to Perth.
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NEW - Leo Griffin, USS Karnes: Leo Griffin remembers the first night and day after the USS Karnes dropped off its troops and set anchor off Okinawa as part of the landings.
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NEW - Olin Plunkett, 4th Naval Beach Battalion: While stationed at a staging base in North Africa, Olin Plunkett experiences the most paralyzing fear of his life on a patrol boat in the Mediterranean.
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NEW - Olin Plunkett, 4th Naval Beach Battalion: Olin Plunkett explains the powerful fear that comes from knowing you could die at any moment in war, whether in combat or not.
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NEW - Olin Plunkett, 4th Naval Beach Battalion: Olin Plunkett recalls the unforgiving beach landings at Salerno.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe remembers how a fellow soldier had a new deadly run in with a shallow river while laying cable for the company's communications.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe recalls the 9th Infantry taking part in the taking of the bridge at Remagen, the last standing bridge over the Rhine.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe explains the awarding of points and how he had just enough points to go home as his unit broke up following VE Day.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe talks about how faith and a friendship with the company Chaplin gave him interesting memories.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe recalls how he watched from a plateau as a German unit, isolated in the winter wilderness, is targeted by artillery and fighter planes on strafing runs.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe remembers the 9th Infantry taking part in the breakthrough at Saint Lo in Northern France by Patton's Third Army.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe explains the working of the vehicles taken to Europe by the Allied Forces and how they differed from the Germans.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe recalls two memorable events on his transport ship in the waters off the French coast.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe recalls stumbling upon a German rally point while the 9th Infantry moves to isolate the German troops on the north end of the Cherbourg peninsula.
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NEW - Arthur Crowe, 9th Infantry Division Artillery: Arthur Crowe remembers finding a target for artillery with the help of a Colonel, only to miss, and hit a signifigantly more important target.
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