Reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" The Beginning of the War
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the people in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] were very...
Beyer, Walter The Bowfin Submarine
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The...
Peterson, Cleveland The CBI
Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...
Barfoot, Van The CCC, Joining the Army and Fighting in Sicily and Italy
Van Barfoot first served with the 1st Infantry Division after he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia. With the 1st...
Brignac, Martin The Coast Artillery and Designing Obstacle Courses
Martin Brignac went into the service on 5 June 1941 and went to Camp Callan, California for basic training. Most were...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" The Depression and Attending College
Wilbur Thomas was born in March 1923 and grew up in Swissvale, Pennsylvania with two older brothers. During the Great...
Smith, Bernard The Draft and Jewish Warriors
The attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] did not...
Jackson, James The Draft, Training, and Service
James Thomas Jackson was 15 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Evans, James The Great Depression to Army Training
James O. Evans was born in 1925 in Rustin, Louisiana. His father owned a cotton farm and from an early age Evans worked...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" The Higgins Family During the War Years
Dawn Higgins Murphy [Annotator's Note: the daughter of Andrew Jackson Higgins, the owner of Higgins Industries in New...
Bala, Walter The Invasion of Poland and Drafted into the Air Force
Walter Bala grew up in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit, Michigan]. His parents were Polish immigrants, and Bala had...
Foster, Robert The Navy, Pearl Harbor, and the Army
Robert E. Foster entered the Navy in November 1934. He was drafted [Annotator's Note: into the Army] in 1942. Foster...
Goodwin, Hersey The War Ends
When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Halberg, Norma The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Norma Halberg if the Fifinella Gazette, the newsletter of Women Airforce...
Marcus, Bernard The World at War and Education
Bernard Marcus and his family hardly discussed the world events in the 1930s. They always hated Hitler [Annotator’s...
Kaiser, Raymond Thoughts About the War
The war did not change Raymond Kaiser a bit. He felt like he was doing his job. He was in [Annotator's Note: in the...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Thoughts on Service
Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...
Whitman, Melvin Thoughts on Service
Melvin C. Whitman thinks the servicemen who returned [Annotator's Note: from World War 2] were able to teach their kids...
Osgood, Edgar Thoughts on the War
[Annotator's Note: Edgar De Pue Osgood shows a picture of the USS Iowa (BB-61) that he took through a porthole.] That...
Ambrose, Haney Time to Serve
Haney Ambrose was born in 1922 in Baton, Rouge, Louisiana. His father was a carpenter and farmer during the Great...
Pugh, Thomas Training
Thomas Edward Pugh sailed into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and saw the damage to the ships in...
Lazinger, Sol Training
Sol Lazinger was in the Bronx [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York], New York...
Brannon, Mark Training and Assignment
Between graduating from college and beginning the program at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,...
Troemel, Ben Training and Assignment in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor and Postwar Education
Benjamin Troemel started training on seaplanes, and said he knew more about the sea than he did about planes in the...
Neighbors, Lysander Training and Deployment
Lysander "Ben" Neighbors transferred from the Army to the Army Air Force, but his captain did not want to sign the...
Summers, Calvin Training and Deployment
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened while Calvin Summers was at work, and when he came home, his family was discussing...
Wilkerson, H. Training and Deployment to the Pacific
H. Lloyd Wilkerson was hosting business acquaintances at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina when he heard a radio...
Hackler, Maurice "Hack" Training and Instruction
On the morning of Sunday, 7 December 1941, Maurice Hackler and a friend were driving to a wildlife area to go rabbit...
Winnier, Lawrence Training and Life on Ship
Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...
Dietrick, Alfred Training and Pearl Harbor
The only time Alfred Dietrick was concerned about what he had gotten into was when he would go to the movies and see...
Mancuso, Frank Training and Preparation
Once while Frank Mancuso was out with his friends, they began talking about how bad things were getting in Germany,...
Forstall, Earl Training as a Crew Chief
Earl Forstall is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was studying mechanical engineering at Tulane University when the war...
Pedrick, Sam Training Dogs and Handlers
Sam Pedrick [Annotator’s Note: an Army K-9 trainer] fed the dogs he trained in a progressive way varying meat content...
Bruce, John Training for Combat
[Annotator’s Note: There are various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce was born in northern...
Karpay, Irwin Training for the Armed Guard
I. J. Karpay was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Hogan, Ralph Training for War
Ralph Francis Hogan was born in February 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of ten children. His dad owned his...

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