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Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...

Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...

There was a radioman on Harper Gruber's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS YMS-339] who would pick up the world news and...

Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] as a...

Ralph Burch remembers they had to be out on watch. [Annotator’s Note: The video starts to have audio problems.] He...

When hostilities ended, Irwin Schneider was sent up to the Philippine Islands. It was in the Philippines that he was...

Charles Bruce was 17 years old when he drove a truck for work. He got a ticket for speeding. He had to pay 20 dollars....

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...

Walter Nelson was only 19 years old at the time [Annotators Note: at the time of the Battle of the Coral Sea]. The USS...

Gene Alair was born in February 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. His mother was in the entertainment business, so they...

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

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