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Frank H. O'Leary was leaving his friend's house when he learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

William Barnes was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After high school he attended Bowling Green Business...

Meade Willis was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana. His mother died when he was four years old, and he did not get along...

Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...

When David Harvey heard that the war had ended, they had 1,500 planes up off the carriers. The British and Russians had...

As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...

Raymond Mabarac was born in January 1922 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He was the second of four sons. His father...

Robert D. Shaner's mom was German and was upset with the Germans after the First World War and her German relatives who...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. landed in Algiers [Annotator's Note: Algiers, Algeria] in North Africa and was billeted [...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

Haney Ambrose believes that America had no alternative to not get involved in World War 2 because the Japanese attacked...

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