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Chester Biernacki had a few friends in the 700 man complement on the Helena [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)]. He...

Nelson Constant remembers Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December...

John Curtis Spencer said the USS Maryland (BB-46) was inboard of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), and because the Oklahoma...

Ed Tunnicliff was born in December 1925 in Ord, Nebraska. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Everett Hyland what he saw from the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) during the...

Around noon on 7 December 1941, James Shoemaker, his family, and friends were still hiding in the bomb shelter [...

Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...

Robert Liles was born in 1920 in Webb City, Missouri and grew up in Jefferson City. When the depression began, his...

George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...

Russell Clay was aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) when it departed California for Hawaii. She spent ten months there...

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