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USS Helena (CL-50) capsized in the foreground, huge plumes of smoke in the background from fires. Official caption: "...

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

The day after the attack [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor], Fred Aldridge...

Charles Davis clearly remembers the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. It was eight days after his 15th birthday, and Davis...

At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New...

From the New Hebrides, Charles Davis said they [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50)] proceeded with two aircraft...

Charles Davis has many observations about the number 13, which he considers lucky nowadays. Davis described the evening...

Charles Davis experienced his first burial at sea after the 13 to 15 November battle [Annotator's Note: 13 to 15...

Charles Davis was a witness to everything that happened during the night of 13 November [Annotator's Note: 13 November...

Charles Davis then went to Kula Gulf. [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Kula Gulf took place in the early hours of 6...

Chester Biernacki went to Newport, Rhode Island for boot camp. He liked the discipline of boot camp. He handled lines...

Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Helena (CL-50) when it was hit by torpedoes ans sunk on 6 July 1943 [Annotator's Note:...

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