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George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this segment.] William Ward Crawford arrived at...

Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

The USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) sailed among several Pacific Islands, and Elmer Spraker admitted that he was a little...

After the war, Wiley did meet the island chief's grandson and granddaughter. The relatives of the chief came to the US...

Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] saw Wilfred Hanson's [Annotator's Note: with Company K...

Hugh Wingo was shipped to Tokyo, Japan. The carrier was in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] picking...

The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...

Donald Draxler was discharged from the Army in July 1946. He bought a house in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Draxler wanted to...

After securing Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], Haney Ambrose [Annotator's Note: with...

Joe G. Casillas reported to Presidio of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: in California] from Fresno [Annotator's Note:...

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