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Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

David Heath moved to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went aboard the USS President Jackson [...

After the war, Robert Lents hated the Japanese. He said the Australians took over the island on which he had been kept...

Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...

Robert L. Rorschach enlisted in the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Prairie State, and spent time aboard the...

[Annotator's Note: In late January 1943,] Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a third class shipfitter for the 45th...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

While James Newsom was aboard the Cole [Annotator's Note: USS Cole (DD-155)], he slept back aft by the engineers. That...

Dupuy remembers a mission to Joliet. They carried two thousand pound bombs on the P-40 [Annotators Note: American P-40...

Harold Hauberg [Annotator's Note: with Company D, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] landed...

Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

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