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Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

[Annotator's Note: Helen Kushnir was in grade school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...

George Sakato discusses a Vietnam veteran that edits and tapes oral histories. He recalls that before the attack on...

Allen Lamm was born in 1924 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. He grew up there and can remember the physical punishment he...

Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had 16 weeks of Army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight weeks...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

Donald Witmer didn't know what his fate would be. He thought he was drifting toward the beach, one that was held by the...

Donelson Houseman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1923 and grew up there. After graduating high school, he began classes...

Emory Maurice Ornelles joined the Army at the Honolulu Armory [Annotator's Note: he had just witnessed Japanese planes...

Sterling Cale returned from the various Pacific islands where he was stationed to Honolulu and the hospital at Fort...

Retracing his steps, Ogden Saik recalls that he was in high school and hanging around with the guys in the neighborhood...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Oral History