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Horace Trahan was born in January 1927 in Maurice, Louisiana. He had one brother and two sisters. His father owned a...

William O’Brien was born in Dubuque, Iowa in June 1918. His real father passed away when he was four months old. His...

Raymond Hayes got word of the war ending before he left San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for Pearl [...

Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...

Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children. His family lived on a...

Richard McEwen was born in Silver Creek, New York, and lived there with his parents and two siblings until he was eight...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

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