Reaction to Pearl Harbor

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Daley, Chris Entrance into Service
Chris Daley was born in October 1923 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He grew up in a small town. His father owned a wholesale...
Platkin, Carl Entrance into Service
Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Cravens, Rudy Entrance into Service
Rudy Cravens was born in Tennessee in February 1918. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
St. Amant, Philemon Entrance into Service
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant graduated high school in 1935 in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]....
Molen, Herman Entrance into Service
Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...
O'Brien, William L. Entrance into Service
William O’Brien was born in Dubuque, Iowa in June 1918. His real father passed away when he was four months old. His...
Clayton, Orville Entrance into Service
Orville Clayton was born in Fort Payne, Alabama in May 1921. He grew up in a small town. His father was a physician. He...
Horn, Arnold Entrance into Service
Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....
Lutz, William Entrance into Service
William Lutz was born in March 1920. He had three younger sisters, and two younger brothers who served in the Korean...
Lopez, Lionel Entrance into Service
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...
LaRose, Bruce Entrance into Service
Bruce LaRose was born in Pennsylvania. He remembers the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Urice, Joe Entrance into Service
Joel Urice moved to Taft, Texas during his junior year of high school in 1940. It was a different culture of people. He...
Simon, Albert Entrance into Service
Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Entrance into Service
Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...
Wolyn, Monroe Entrance into Service
Monroe S. Wolyn was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Burkle, Henry Entrance into Service
Henry Burkle was in service at Chanute Field, Illinois when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Wellington, Harold Entrance into Service
Harold Wellington remembers Pearl Harbor was attacked on a Sunday [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Tangradi, Richard Entrance into Service
Richard Tangradi was born in June 1924 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He grew up there...
Naylor, Rosamond Entrance into Service
Rosamund Naylor was at home listening to the radio when she heard the speech about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Day...
Huval, Rudy Entrance into Service Postwar
Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...
Labauve, Marion Entrance into the Service
Marion Labauve was born in February 1924 in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He was in the depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Weber, Ed Entrance Into the Service and Postwar
Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Dixon, Leon Entrance to Service
Leon Dixon can only remember that it was 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Paege, Harry Entrance to Service
Harry George Paege, Junior had his 21st birthday in the service. He was a bugler. He got a letter that said his mother...
Hirsekorn, Fred Escaping Nazi Germany
Fred Hirsekorn was born in Schonlanke, Germany in May 1924. There were about five generations of Hirsekorns who were...
Levy, Anne Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto and Being Liberated by the Russians
Anne Levy and her family needed three things to get out of the Warsaw Ghetto. They had to have papers saying they were...
Bollich, James Evacuating to Bataan and POW Experiences
James Bollich had just gotten back from the movies when he heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Hayashi, Nobuo Events Leading Up to War
Nobuo Hayashi was born in April 1932 and was raised in Nishinomiya, Japan. Growing up in his early youth, he remembered...
Quinn, Harry Experiencing Combat
To Harry Quinn, combat was the closest thing to Hell that a person could experience. Sleep was disrupted at night by...
Mineta, Norman Facing Internment
Norman Mineta grew up in California where the Alien Land Law existed. It stated that if one was not a citizen of the...
Brooks, Leonard Fall of Manila
Leonard Brooks got up to go to school on Monday [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941] morning and that is when he and his...
Costa, Anthony Fall of the Philippines
[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...
Edwards, Charles Family and Early Life
Charles T. Edwards was born in January 1919 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He recalled growing up playing a lot of...
Damiano, George Family and Friends
George A. Damiano was born in Riverside, California in 1924. He grew up in a little town called Murrieta, California...
Cowart, Harold Family and Joining the Marines
Harold G. Cowart was born in September 1924 in Statesboro, Georgia. His parents were sharecroppers and he and his 11...
Hebert, Richard Family in Service
Richard Hebert, Sr. was born in June 1926 in Jennings, Louisiana with three brothers and three sisters. His brother...

Pages