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Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

David Foerster was born in Jacksonville [Annotator's Note: Jacksonville, Florida] in July 1923. He grew up there. He...

It was amazing to Harold Ward to see how quickly they dumped stuff after the war was over. They were heading back to...

Davis Gordon Mayes witnessed sailors being blown off their ships and falling into the water [Annotator's Note: during...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Mitchell Zimmer and his boat [Annotator's Note: USS Piper (SS-409)] returned to Pearl Harbor en route to the Panama...

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

Oral History