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Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...

John Stiles was born in September 1924 in Wadestown, West Virginia. He grew up there. He was the second of seven...

Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...

In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin joined the Army in Columbus, Ohio in November 1942.] Kneflin was sent to Fort Sill,...

Richard Higgins was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in Sims Hospital. Higgins moved to Harrison, Maine when he was...

Baptiste had a janitorial service. One of his clients was a doctor who stayed on Corregidor [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Bailey served in the Navy as an aircraft mechanic aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13). He...

Paul Dietzel flew from the Hawaiian Islands over Kwajalein to Tinian. During the flight they had not had anything to...

On Pavuvu Island [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands], a personnel officer told Wilfred Hanson [Annotator...

James Muri and his crew got on the first B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] they could...

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