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Davis Gordon Mayes witnessed sailors being blown off their ships and falling into the water [Annotator's Note: during...

Stanley Harvey Bender chose the enlist in the Marine Corps. He liked the dress blue uniform, and one of his father’s...

John Kerner heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while he was walking down the street and overheard it. He and...

Royce Jarrell was born in November 1924 and grew up in DeRidder, Louisiana. He was 17 years old and attending...

George Sakato was born in Colton, California at a Union Pacific and Southern Pacific hub for the Railroad company. His...

Thomas Wicker received orders to serve on an oilier, which he was not thrilled about. He graduated from Tulane...

After V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Albert Reale spent another six months in the...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

Robert Mayes was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 1923. He graduated from high school in 1941. He maintained...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The Thresher left port...

After Pearl Harbor, Herbert Gross was drafted. He had a brief basic training program. By August 1942, he had started...

James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...

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