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Cleveland Peterson's most memorable experience was being close to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. During the...

Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

Anthony Varuso grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where his father had a food store. As a child, Varuso delivered...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Lionel Baxter served in the 941st Field Artillery in Battery A [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 941st Field Artillery...

In 1944, Roy Stewart was shipped out with the 24th Marine Regiment, although he was not attached to that regiment. They...

When the war with Germany ended, Richard Ryan hoped he would be sent home. He had a one year old son he had not yet...

[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...

Frederick Grun returned to the United States by way of Hawaii. The four days he spent quartered at Hospital Point in...

Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...

Curtis Brooks does not really think about the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. That it hastened the end of the war...

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

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