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The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...

After his discharge, Ray Emory went to college to study architecture and graduated from the University of Washington....

Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...

Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...

Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...

Once he was back in the United States, Richard Jaccarino traveled by train, dropping off soldiers and train cars all...

Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Jack D. Samuelson saw his first combat at Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg...

Milton Fernandez left the Galapagos Islands and sailed for Hawaii. At that time, the Japanese were everywhere in the...

Clifford Albert Hahn arrived at Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] where the 7th Infantry...

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

Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...

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