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

Donald Stratton recalls that none of the men were sleeping [Annotator's Note: when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

Starnes wanted the USS Missouri to live out the rest of her days as a museum ship in San Francisco so that more school...

Ray Camp was on Iwo Jima [Annotator’s Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] when the war ended. He went to work for the post office...

Paul Sparacino found out about atomic veterans [Annotator's Note: atomic veteran; any veteran who, as part of his or...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

Arthur Fishman returned to the United States sometime in April or May 1946. He returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Baptiste went to the Customs House [Annotators Note: in New Orleans] on 5 February 1938 where he was selected with 6...

David Harvey would be assigned liberty depending on what side of the ship he was on, port or starboard. Passes were...

Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...

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