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Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...

Barney Hajiro entered the Army and was immediately required to do manual labor around the Hawaiian Islands in...

Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...

Benjamin Troemel started training on seaplanes, and said he knew more about the sea than he did about planes in the...

Nevin Sledge was born in Alva, Mississippi in February 1921. His father was a farmer. They moved to the Mississippi...

Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...

Having escaped the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)] as she capsized, Richard Schlink survived the day...

Jack A. Gillis was drafted into the Army and went into the Army Air Corps. He was shipped to Los Angeles [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer opens with talking of Ronald Reagan saying that America is exceptional because it...

Donald L. Beeghly was born in Sabetha, Kansas in May 1925. His father worked for Union Pacific but was laid off during...

Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length. They were more focused...

As a kid, Walter Oka used to hang around on the pier, selling newspapers and sundries to the sailors. He collected...

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