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Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...

Jack Linscott was born in December 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had two sisters and one brother. He was 16 years...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

Marvin Tyson was born in July 1925 the Bronx, New York City, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...

Ray Felts was born in Cameron, Oklahoma in September 1926, the eldest of three children. He was 15, and on a double-...

Ray Anthony joined the Navy rather than the Army. He went to the Great Lakes and Chicago. Eddie Peabody was a...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

Robert Louis Curl was born in 1925 in Warrior, Alabama. He had two brothers and one sister. All his siblings were older...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Leo Bednarczyk's most memorable experience of the...

Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...

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