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Fitzmorris, James Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
James Fitzmorris grew up in Depression-era New Orleans, Louisiana in the Irish Channel neighborhood. They did not know...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Japanese Come to Manila
Caroline Bailey Pratt was born in June 1932 in Manila, the Philippines. Her father worked for the National Bank and...
Iguchi, Takeo Japanese Embassy
Takea Iguchi was 10 years old when his father was sent to New York to assist the ambassador. They moved to Washington,...
Devoe, Susan Japanese Invade Manila
Susan Magnuson Devoe was born in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippines] in June 1940. Her father worked as an...
Iguchi, Takeo Japanese Society
Takea Iguchi and his family boarded a Japanese ship, and the Americans boarded a Swedish ship. Iguchi had a new bicycle...
Dunlavy, Jack Japanese Surrender Ceremony
After the war was over, three envoys [Annotator's Note: from the government of Japan] were sent to Jack Dunlavy's ship...
Koenigsberg, John Jewish People Identified in the Netherlands
John Koenigsberg was born in Amsterdam, Holland [Annotator’s Note: the Netherlands] in August 1937. The war started in...
Payne, Robert Joining 101st Airborne Division
Robert Payne's father was a flyer in World War 1. He had his own biplane after the war, and they would fly together....
Gantz, Walter Joining the 95th Medical Battalion
Walter "Babe" Gantz was sent to Camp Grant [Annotator's Note: Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois] where he took basic...
Jasicko, Frank Joining the Air Corps
Frank Jasicko was born in March 1924 in Tracy, Montana and grew up in nearby Great Falls. He enjoyed playing sports....
Sedran, Edwin Joining the Air Corps
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was born in the Bronx, New York in March 1924. [...
Glusing, Benjamin Joining the Army
There was one radio station in Corpus Christi [Annotator's Note: Corpus Christi, Texas] at the time Benjamin Albert...
Meyer, William Joining the Army
William Meyer was born in Memphis, Tennessee in July 1926 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He had two younger brothers....
Gast, William Joining the Army
William Earl Gast was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 1924. He grew up with two sisters. His dad worked...
Kneflin, Charles Joining the Army
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Kneflin what his personal reaction was to the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Mealor, David Joining the Army
David Lamar Mealor was born in March 1923 in Newnan [Annotator’s Note: Newnan, Georgia]. He attended Newnan High School...
Lillibridge, John Joining the Army
John Lillibridge was born in 1924 in Dover, Oklahoma. He grew up and attended school in Dover, graduating from high...
Connelly, William Joining the Army
Bill Connelly was born in January 1925 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He had a half-...
Claassen, Gerald Joining the Army
Gerald Claassen was born in Buffalo Center, Iowa in December 1920. His father died at the age of 26 when Claassen was...
Oman, Mort Joining the Army
Mort Oman was born in Chicago, Illinois in September 1923 and moved to Winnetka, Illinois when he was in the sixth...
Kerchum, Paul Joining the Army
Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...
McCalla, Anna Joining the Army
Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...
Pryor, Robert Joining the Army
Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...
Crandall, Joe Joining the Army
Joe Crandall was born in Topeka, Kansas in May 1920. His father managed hotels, so he moved his family all over the...
Braunstein, Arthur Joining the Army Air Corps
Arthur Braunstein was born in New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in February 1924. His father was a...
Stecher, Fred Joining the Army Air Corps
Fred A. Stecher was born in November 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up on a farm in Etna, Ohio with his parents,...
Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
Paschal, Robert Joining the Army Air Corps
Robert W. Paschal was born in November 1924 in the small town of Corsicana, Texas. He attended public school and...
Dubay, Henry Joining the Army Air Corps
Henry Dubay was born in July 1923 in Turner’s Falls [Annotator’s Note: Montague, Massachusetts]. He grew up in a “...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Boyer, Ralph Joining the Army Air Force
[Annotator’s Note: For the first two minutes of the recording, the interviewee is getting prepared for the interview.]...
Jett, Arley Joining the Army and Landing in Normandy
Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....
Pbert, Herman Joining the Italian Resistance
By 17, Herman Pbert was a construction engineer [Annotator's Note: in Piedicavallo, Italy]. In the meantime, the war...
Hill, Rawley Joining the Marines
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill was born in...
Goodrich, James Joining the Marines and Boot Camp
James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...
Campbell, John Joining the Merchant Marine
A neighbor of John Scott Campbell's had gone to sea. He would come home and tell sea stories and that sounded good....

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