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Four days prior to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Alan K. Simpson was playing outside when his friend, Jackie Allen, came down to his house to share the news of the...

Jack Thornhill was born in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana] in 1926. In 1932 the family moved to...

Battle Malone Barksdale was married to his wife Grace for 66 years. They were married on 29 August 1939. After they...

Everett Hyland's wounds still bother him. He had a nerve check done on him in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...

Nolan Albarado went to basic training in San Diego, California. From there his unit [Annotator's Note: 133rd...

Moses Hogan was on the USS Montgomery (DD-121) when Pearl Harbor was attacked. As one of three stewards, he cooked and...

Donald Herbert Shown joined the Navy and completed boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] in...

The morning that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Martin Brignac went into the service on 5 June 1941 and went to Camp Callan, California for basic training. Most were...

John Finn stayed on .30 and .50 caliber machine guns throughout the battle, but couldn't be sure if he shot down any...

Louis Cardenas was born in April 1919 in San Antonio, Texas. His father had a good job in the civil service. He was not...

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