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Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

[Annotator's Note: William Cart was a student at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston,...

From there [Annotator's Note: Midway Island] they returned to Pearl Harbor. There, James Allen joined the Silversides [...

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

Harlan Twible was born in Gilbertville, Massachusetts in March 1922. He spent his first 18 years in Gilbertville but...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Hayes was assigned to the USS Tortuga (LSD-26) as an electrician in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.]...

Jack Dunlavy was born In Avery, Mississippi in June 1925. It was a small town. His father was a millwright at the...

Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...

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

Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...

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