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Russell Clay was aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) when it departed California for Hawaii. She spent ten months there...

Takea Iguchi and his family boarded a Japanese ship, and the Americans boarded a Swedish ship. Iguchi had a new bicycle...

Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert was born in April 1921 in Farmington, New Hampshire. He had an older sister and younger...

Frank Golemi was born in November 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a butcher and had his own shop. They...

Chester Biernacki and the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] returned to the United States after the Pearl...

Alfred Rodrigues saw the damage on Battleship Row about two weeks after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Marvin Westcott describes his experiences and observations of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

Jim Stumpfa is 94 years old [Annotator's Note: at the time of this interview]. He was in the US Coast Guard for four...

In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...

Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 18, Lauren Bruner first reported to San Diego, California, for three months of...

Jack Leaming joined the US Navy in December 1938 and was assigned to the USS Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS...

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

Oral History