Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the damage control department. After WWII, he remained in the reserves and was called up for duty in Korea. He served aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86). After Korea, he worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers as an oiler on a dredge. He then served in the Merchant Marines, hauling refined petroleum products from South America to North America. He also discusses going to French Indochina (Vietnam) and traveling up the Saigon River in a merchant vessel.

Photograph of Dan Melli and Irving Denemark standing together in a wooded area. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, helmets, and bedrolls.

Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Paul O'Connell, Irving Denemark, Dan Melli, and Julian Marchado.

Photograph of five soldiers posing together in a field. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, field jackets, and helmets. Bernikow and Dan Melli are eating apples while standing behind the kneeling trio of Irving Denemark and two other soldiers. Several other soldiers are visible near small trees and a truck in the background.

Photograph of Irving Denemark and Dan Melli carrying an unnamed soldier on a litter. A man identified as Bernikow stands over the unnamed soldier and holds his hand.

Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Howard Levine, Dan Melli, Irving Denemark, and Julian Marchado.

Photograph of Dan Melli, Nathan Levine, and Irving Denemark standing over another soldier who is lying on a litter. Melli sponges the man's face while Denemark is holding and bandaging his left leg. The men are all wearing U.S. Army uniforms and helmets.