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[Annotator's Note: George Alaniz arrived in San Diego, California after being severely wounded on Attu Island, Alaska...

Erik Frithjof Johnsen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1925 and had one brother who had been born in 1922....

Angus Francis Mestayer remembers the New Zealanders were not too friendly. They had been fighting in South Africa for...

Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were anchored offshore the morning...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division of...

Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

Robert Templet believes that there was a lack of preparation for an enemy attack at Pearl Harbor during the weeks...

Howard Hart was incarcerated in two of the camps on Luzon. First he was in Santo Tomas and then in Los Banos. Santo...

Adolph Wilson was in college when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At 18 years old, he was playing football and running...

Otis Kight had his basic training for the Navy at Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

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