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Everett Hyland had gone back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the 1960s and 1980s as a tourist. He thinks of Pearl Harbor...

Shortly before colors [Annotator's Note: eight o'clock in the morning] on 7 December 1941, Firman Balza was standing on...

Cass Phillips did his Navy training in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California.]. He was given a test for...

Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...

Jack Buckner was born in Florida but when he was one he moved near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...

Benjamin Troemel started training on seaplanes, and said he knew more about the sea than he did about planes in the...

Bernard Peters was born in March 1923 in Oakland, Oregon. He had two older brothers and two younger sisters. His father...

Leroy Redmond was born in June 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. It was a nice town. He was the third son. The Great...

Having escaped the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)] as she capsized, Richard Schlink survived the day...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

Thomas A. Tizzard Jr. was born in July 1924 in Echo, Louisiana. His family owned a farm and in 1938 they moved to New...

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