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[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...

Everybody was scraping by during the Great Depression. Martin Brignac and his family made out with what they had. They...

John Finn says that all of the outfits in Hawaii were on limited alert and knew that something might happen. Previously...

Walter Bud Gafford was present on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

After Ted Wiebe was in the squadron [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) flying from the USS Lexington (CV-2)]...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

Returning to his experiences earlier in his Navy career, Lauren Bruner discusses particulars about his first ship, the...

Emory Maurice Ornelles was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in September 1922. He lived in Waikiki two blocks from the beach...

Terry T. Shima was born in January 1923 outside of Hilo, Hawaii. He grew up on a sugar plantation. His parents both...

Herbert Stern arrived at his first duty assignment, Fort Jackson, South Carolina to discover he was the commander of...

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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