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After getting the alert prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor that Hawaii may be invaded by sea, Clarence Herbert...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. He doesn't recall the cargo on his first trip...

Henry Parham is proud of his service. His aunt and his mother were very proud when he returned home after the war. He...

[Annotator's Note: The video and sound are out of synch in this clip. J.D. Graddy is emotional.] Shortly after a near...

Thomas Ballew likes history, he likes people, and he likes to travel. In July 1945 Sergeant Smith, who was a member of...

Joseph Dean Reilly thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans...

Raymond Mason remembers after they got to Bastogne [Annotator’s Note: Bastogne, Belgium] the weather turned cold and...

Galloway was with 3 individuals--a driver, a radio operator and a sergeant-- when they were caught by the Germans....

William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

Charles Childs was sent by boat to the United States. His radar-navigator was sent back with him. Childs was a Captain...

Elmore Ruck had a brother who was a flyer in the war. Ruck was promoted to first lieutenant and his brother in the Air...

Oscar H. Savoie was sent overseas to Europe during World War 2. He was placed in his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 70th...

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