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Frank Purvis volunteered before Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Sunday, 7 December 1941 was just like any other Sunday for Fred Aldridge and his fellow sailors. When an alarm sounded...

Henry Heim was glad to accomplish what he did. He is proud that he got to fight for his country. He was worried he...

Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...

Marvin Westcott describes his experiences and observations of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....

Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 18, Lauren Bruner first reported to San Diego, California, for three months of...

Norman Sterrie thought Hawaii was a nice experience for a man from the mid-west [Annotator's Note: Sterrie was from St...

Ejnar Christiansen spent the summer of 1940 in Jacksonville, Florida as a cadet on the Danish Merchant Marine training...

Harold DeForest was born in March 1924 in Saint Catherine's, Canada. His mother brought him to the United States when...

Walter Knapps was a Marine Corps security guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning...

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