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Frank Capuozzi

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Frank Capuozzi was born in Naples. His father worked as a chef in America and as soon as he became a citizen in 1939, he sent for the rest of the family. Frank learned English and worked in the restaurant with his father. After Pearl Harbor, he was drafted and became a citizen in the Army before he shipped out to Europe. (4:58)

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He came in as a replacement to a tank destroyer battalion. Frank Capuozzi was a rifleman who rode in a jeep ahead of the guns as they pushed across France. His unit joined the forces ordered into the Battle of the Bulge, where he had to get some help when he was frozen in a foxhole. (4:03)

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Without enough points to go home in the first wave of returnees, Frank Capuozzi became an acting mess sergeant and took over a kitchen. After all, he was the son of a chef. When he did get home he started a family and worked as a top rate hairdresser in New York. (5:33)

Frank Connolly

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As part of the crew of the USS St. Louis, Frank Connolly describes in detail his experiences leading up to and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941. He recalls seeing the planes coming in and not thinking anything of it until they started to dive and drop torpedoes. (12:01)

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After the attack at Pearl Harbor, Frank Connolly recalls being tasked with clearing dead bodies out of the water. (2:05)

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After being stationed in Hawaii, Frank Connolly recalls shipping out to Okinawa just in time for his minesweeper ship to come face to face with a typhoon. (2:58)

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Frank Connolly recalls one memorable crash aboard the USS Essex while supporting airstrikes in the Pacific. (2:24)

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After the war's end, Frank Connolly remembers going overboard while his ship was on a de-mining mission in the Sea of Japan. (2:59)

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Aboard the USS Essex near the Marianas, Frank Connolly describes a very close call with a Japanese bomb. (1:37)

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Shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor, Frank Connolly remembers the series of bombardment missions his ship took part in, including the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan coast. (5:43)