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Harold Zeringer arrived at Pearl Harbor after convoy duty from the west coast. He saw the Arizona [Annotator's Note:...

On several occasions, Robert Lents and his fellow prisoners outmaneuvered their Japanese captors. [Annotator's Note:...

After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson's [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285)] second patrol scored six hits, severely...

Noah Lewis was born in March 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He had a normal life growing up. His mother was a house...

[Annotators Note: Charles Bishop served in the navy aboard the destroyer USS Cummings (DD-365) then later aboard the...

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

Ernest "Ernie" Andrus left [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Merchant Marine ship. Once they were...

Robert Freligh was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1921. He moved to Adrian, Michigan where he went to live in an...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...

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