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Roy Boreen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1920. During the Great Depression, his father worked as a cement...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon to describe writing his book, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger, U.S....

After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...

Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...

To fill personnel losses resulting from accidents and combat, Richard Baile's crew was broken up. He was made the...

James understands that movies are made so people think they are interesting. He understands that Hollywood adds its own...

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

Frank Campisano was told he would be invading an island and boarded a ship the Monday before Easter [Annotator's Note:...

Vernon Micheel met his future wife in June 1943 in Wildwood, New Jersey. They were married in October 1946. Micheel...

Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...

The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers in the 9th Bombardment Group...

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