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Trinidad Ledesma was born in November 1924 in Downey, California. His parents did not speak English. They only spoke...

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

Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

Clyde Nordstrom cannot say that his life changed much after the declaration of war [Annotator's Note: on Japan, after...

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

Barbara Butler was born in Syracuse, New York in 1921. Her father was a salesman so they moved around a lot when she...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

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

Oran Harris said that while he was on Palawan, he learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt had died, and the news made him...

Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...

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