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Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

Archie Kelley [Annotator's Note: assigned to the USS West Virginia (BB-48)] was never questioned about Pearl Harbor...

During World War 1, Archibald Rackerby's mother worked for the Navy as a clerk. Her father worked for the Government...

Emil Schoonejans was born in 1925 in West Hoboken, now Union City, New Jersey. He lived in Union City until 1942 when...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

Otis Arthur Slack [Annotator's Note: with the 37th Infantry Regiment (Separate)] was on Kodiak Island [Annotator's Note...

Tony Schneider reported to VB-6 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6)] in 1940. The squadron was assigned to the...

Sterling Cale was on night duty at the shipyard dispensary in the Navy yard before the attack on Pearl Harbor. He had...

Samuel Goss sailed [Annotator's Note: aboard USS Bladen (APA-63)] from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor,...

Gerald Kynett picked up his ship in Evansville, Indiana, then sailed down the Mississippi [Annotator's Note:...

William Barnes was aboard USS PC-590 when it was thrown onto the reef which surrounds Midway atoll. After making...

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