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William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...

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

Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Sterling Baker if he recalls a wide variety of ships being hit. He does not]....

Archie Kelley thought much more time was going by than really was [Annotator's Note: onboard the now-torpedoed USS West...

Louis Andriano was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the war ended. There were no newspapers aboard...

Stewart Bass was aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) when the Japanese kamikazes continuously attacked over the course of 51...

Fred Bronfin was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born to immigrant parents immediately after World...

Harold C. Cook grew up in Warren, Ohio. He was the youngest in the family. He had a brother who was popular and active...

Walter Amoss feels nostalgic when he visits the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

Otis Kight participated in the Battle of Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942]. Few...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

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