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En route to his battle station, Robert Kinzler had a clear view of Pearl Harbor, which was a mass of black smoke, with...

Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

At Midway, Robert Swan was classified as a first pilot and navigator. The patrol plane commander was Jack Reid. Swan...

Harold Bergbower stayed in the Air Force full time after World War 2. He went to Chanute Field in Illinois and took...

Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...

Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...

David Yoho remembers the huge fleet off Okinawa and the explosion of an ammunition ship. It had been attacked by a...

Frederick Grun was born in March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children. His father was an...

Philip Curran and his family talked about the impending war developments all the time. His grandfather was an avid...

Leo Denault was shipped to Ieshima [Annotator’s Note: Ieshima, Japan]. They were still clearing the jungle. This is...

They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] let some of the Red Cross packages go to pot. They would put them in store house...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

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