Buford Plemmons 
Birth date
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11-29-22 |
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Age they
entered the service |
1942, when I was 20 |
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Hometown |
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Branch
of the service |
Navy |
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Rank |
Lieutenant |
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Name of
their unit |
Ship 1032 LST |
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When
they served |
8-42 to 4-46 |
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Where
did you serve? |
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Did you
enlist or were you drafted? |
Enlisted |
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How did
you feel about going to war? |
Not excited, but felt the duty
to do it |
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Did you have
any family members that went to war? If so, did they survive? |
No. |
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Were you
ever wounded? How and where? |
No. |
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Did you
receive any medals? Which ones? |
Mediterranean, Asiatic Pacific,
Occupation, and Victory medals |
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Do you
have a war story you would like to tell? |
I served aboard the LST (Last
Stop Tokyo) from 8-44 to 1-1-46. We were on the invasion of |
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What was
your reaction when you found out the war was over? |
Very pleased, I wanted to get
home to see my family. |
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What was
the most frightening event of the war for you? |
The D-day of Iwo Jima we rode 5 typhoons
and 1 hurricane during our time out on sea. |
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What was
the most cherished memory of the war for you? |
Going home. |
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How do
you feel about |
It’s a very wonderful country. |
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How do
you feel about the war with |
We shouldn’t be there. |
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Is there
anything else you would like to add? |
I also served in the Navy
Reserve, from 8-42 to 55. From 1955 to 65 I was a Colorado
National Guard. We called our LST Last Stop
Tokyo because
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