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John Lillibridge was born in 1924 in Dover, Oklahoma. He grew up and attended school in Dover, graduating from high...

Carroll Harris was counting inventory in the grocery store he worked at when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Robert Joseph Blatnik's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he captured three soldiers in Liege [...

Matthew A. Reluga was playing football and got the notice that Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

Hillman James Prestridge was born in September 1924 in Cragford, Alabama, a small town of about 400 people. He had one...

Returning to questions about his prewar life, Jerome Fatora said that the Great Depression was a difficult time, but...

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...

Lorenzo Dow Crews fought in World War 2 because "it was the thing to do." He was ready to go after the Japanese...

Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...

Walter Groth was born in Louisiana in July 1924. He was born and raised on a beef cattle farm in Elton, Louisiana. His...

John Hever was born in 1924 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of four children and the only boy....

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