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Sunday, 7 December 1941 was just like any other Sunday for Fred Aldridge and his fellow sailors. When an alarm sounded...

Mason Brownell Fitch views the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on...

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...

Ejnar Christiansen spent the summer of 1940 in Jacksonville, Florida as a cadet on the Danish Merchant Marine training...

Julia L. Myers was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. Her father always had a...

Harold DeForest was born in March 1924 in Saint Catherine's, Canada. His mother brought him to the United States when...

Jack Yusen grew up in Queens, New York where he lived with his parents, brother and grandmother and was living there...

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