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Miller, Sam Chicago Boy to Navy Man
Sam L. Miller was born in September 1926 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was an only child because his mother could...
Ream, John Prewar Life
John Ream was born in November 1934 in the Philippine islands. His father was raised on a ranch in Idaho. He went to...
Samuelson, Arne Early Life, Education, and Basic Training
Arne Samuelson was born in January 1922 in Sandefjord, Norway. He was two years old when he immigrated to America with...
McGlohon, John Early Life and Entrance Into Service
John McGlohon was born in June 1923 in Guilford County, North Carolina where he lived for the first six months of his...
Durocher, Edmund Joining the Marine Corps
Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...
Hanson, Kenneth Growing Up in the Depression
Kenneth J. Hanson was born in Scobey, Montana in July 1924 inside of an abandoned railroad station while his father was...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 1
Monpat was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He went to E.D. White High School for one year then quit and went...
Oka, Walter Aftermath of the Japanese Attack
Once the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor died down, Walter Oka and his siblings continued to watch the goings on for a...
Ritter, Louise Growing up in Arkansas
Louise Post Ritter was born in Corfu, Washington in July 1921. She grew up in Altus, Arkansas in a family of eight...
Goldberg, Edwin Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg was born in...
Weiss, Jack Battles and Kamikazes
[Annotator's Note: Jack Weiss served in the Navy aboard the USS Columbia (CL-56).] They got word the Japanese fleet was...
Buell, Harold "Hal" First Combat
Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

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