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Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 3
The Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-10)] was gone when Feightner arrived at Pearl Harbor so he went down...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 3
The Chandler [Annotator's Note: USS Chandle (DD-206)] had 4 stacks and had torpedo tubes and 4 inch guns. Baptiste...
Starnes, James Segment 3
They started back to Australia to begin the process of removing the dead from the ship [Annotator’s Note: from the USS...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 3
After Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] left Pearl Harbor for Midway she took on the Saratoga Air Group [...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 3
Earnest told the man at the base that he was ordered to Torpedo Squadron 8. He was to report to them in 3 days. Three...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 3
15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Wagner, Helen Segment 4
Wagner's other brother was also in the Pacific and would write to the family telling them that he was trying to meet up...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 4
Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 4
Connick recalls the atmosphere of New Orleans during the war. He remembers men being replaced by stars in the window [...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 4
Ferrier was given a weekend pass and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. At the hotel Ferrier did not talk to many...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 4
Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...
Brooks, Howard Segment 4
Brooks and the other sailor were loaded into the truck and taken to a small camp with other POWs. In the area were some...
Stinson, Handy Segment 4
With all of the different kinds of huts that the Filipinos used they mainly used armor-piercing ammunition because...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 4
There was a problem with some of the arming switches in the Bombing 3 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3] bombers....
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 4
O'Callahan [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient US Navy Captain Joseph T. O'Callahan] was all over the place. He...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 4
They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 4
Janice Benario never received any awkward treatment from men. Since she was an officer she may have commanded respect....
Bishop, Charles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Charles Bishop served in the navy aboard the destroyer USS Cummings (DD-365) then later aboard the...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 4
The 2nd plane [Annotator’s Note: the 2nd kamikaze on 10 May 1945] that hit them hit the after engine room. He came in...
Wahlen, George Segment 4
Wahlen's division used to get together after the war. His platoon leader would get them together and have each one talk...
Karr, Robert Segment 4
They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 4
Years ago Delewski did an interview for National Geographic. He accompanied his commanding officer Captain Becton [...
Ward, Harold Segment 4
Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 4
James was there for about 2 or 3 months for ground school. He was then shipped to Lafayette. He did not make his first...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 4
Vejtasa thought that the training he received was great. They would train as individuals as well as a group. In...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 4
Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 4
Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 4
Baptiste had a janitorial service. One of his clients was a doctor who stayed on Corregidor [Annotator's Note:...
Starnes, James Segment 4
From Pearl Harbor they were sent to the Pacific [Annotator’s Note: the crew of the USS Missouri in January 1945] and...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 4
Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 4
Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....
Childers, Lloyd Segment 4
Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 4
Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...

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