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David Flynn describes life on the Houston [Annotator's Note: USS Houston (CA-30)] as very busy; he never had a chance...

Margaret Kerry spent most of her time isolated. When she heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Martin Richard was born in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles in June 1924. His father was a cattleman and...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Sterling Baker if he recalls a wide variety of ships being hit. He does not]....

Ernest Jackson was sitting in a movie theater watching a musical when the movie was stopped and it was announced that...

Robert E. Foster entered the Navy in November 1934. He was drafted [Annotator's Note: into the Army] in 1942. Foster...

On 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was attacked by the Japanese and the...

On 7 December 1941, James Shoemaker was reading the Sunday comics, when he heard explosions. He went outside to see...

Henry Heim was a waist gunner for nine months in Hawaii. Then came Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack...

Alan K. Simpson was playing outside when his friend, Jackie Allen, came down to his house to share the news of the...

Sammy Ray was born in February 1919. After two years of courses at a junior college [Annotator's Note: Sunflower Junior...

Malcolm Higgins never saw the morale down within the ranks of the 8th Air Force. To him, morale was fine. Base activity...

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