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Frank Prater

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Frank Prater remembers the trip from Tiensen to Shanghai after he and the China Marines were captured. (1:51)

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Frank Prater remembers the violent and often brutal nature of discipline in a Japanese work camp. (1:59)

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Frank Prater and the China Marines receive notice from the Japanese. (1:17)

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Frank Prater has to survive food drops on the island of Hokkaido from American planes after Japan surrenders. (1:52)

Frank Stovall

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When Frank Stovall was growing up in Atlanta, he didn't let the Depression stand in his way. As a child, he sold eggs. As a teenager, he delivered groceries. When the enterprising young man got to Georgia Tech, he went for Navy ROTC. (4:22)

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A week before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Frank Stovall was told in his Navy ROTC class that the Navy was on alert for a Japanese attack. A week later, he was mystified that the attack was not anticipated. After graduation, he became an anti-submarine warfare officer and was assigned to a destroyer escort. (5:26)

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Anti-submarine warfare officer Frank Stovall describes the sonar room aboard the USS Reeves, a brand new destroyer escort. He was preparing for Atlantic duty and had been thoroughly trained in submarine hunting. (2:39)

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The first assignment for the USS Reeves was escort duty on a huge convoy to North Africa. Frank Stovall recalls that there were no problems with submarines on that trip, but the rough seas made almost everyone seasick. He was surprised at the relative modernity of Casablanca. (4:35)

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Frank Stovall befriended an English telephone operator while docked in Londonderry. After his ship returned stateside, he got her some gifts, but when he went to see her on his next visit, he got a big surprise. (3:11)

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While serving on the destroyer escort USS Reeves, Frank Stoval recalls five contacts with German submarines. Twice they succeeded in sinking American ships. As anti-submarine warfare officer, it was his job to find them. (3:35)