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Clyde Barber was born in May 1924 in Drennan, Colorado. Each of his five brothers and one sister were born in different...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

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

Spencer Yancey kept up with the war overseas. When Pearl Harbor was bombed [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Joel Varner was born in October 1923 in Senatobia, Mississippi. He attended high school and junior college there. He...

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...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Robert Taylor...

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...

Jack Pierce was born in 1921 and grew up near Kirbyville [Annotator’s Note: Kirbyville, Texas] in a sawmill town called...

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