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[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Raymond Loidolt was born in 1924 on a farm east of Pierz, Minnesota. The farm kept the six of them busy. He went to...

They had the Evans floating and had an auxiliary generator running; that meant lights and refrigeration. They were...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

Allen Lamm was born in 1924 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. He grew up there and can remember the physical punishment he...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

Samuel Malta was born in March 1925 at Revere, Massachusetts near Boston. He learned to swim early since it was a...

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

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

Robert Rosendahl's squadron [Annotator's Note: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group] was stationed at a gunnery...

Allen Horton returned to his memory of life on the USS Nevada (BB-36). He said the Nevada had been at Pearl Harbor, and...

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