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Moses Hogan's basic training was in Norfolk, Virginia, and he shipped out from San Diego, California. He was assigned...

Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...

Henry "Buck" Weaver was born in July 1920 in Blackview, South Carolina. His father worked for the telephone company and...

Everybody was scraping by during the Great Depression. Martin Brignac and his family made out with what they had. They...

John Finn says that all of the outfits in Hawaii were on limited alert and knew that something might happen. Previously...

Rudy Huval was born in Covington, Louisiana in February 1934. There were nine children in the family. His father was a...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...

After Ted Wiebe was in the squadron [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) flying from the USS Lexington (CV-2)]...

Walter Bud Gafford was present on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

Returning to his experiences earlier in his Navy career, Lauren Bruner discusses particulars about his first ship, the...

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

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

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