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

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Ray Emory very clearly remembers that he was sitting on the bottom of a three...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...

During his time in the Samar Islands, the Philippines, William Schrader [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 23rd...

Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...

On the way to China, the ship Raymond Loidolt was on ran into a hurricane [Annotator's Note: typhoon]. The ship was...

The one other combat action Carl Rieman experienced in the Philippines occurred in the Surigao Strait. The whole fleet...

Surrounded by books, the environment of Peter Paret's childhood amplified his aptitude for scholarship and informed his...

Emil Kesselman went through boot camp in Samson, New York [Annotator’s Note: after enlisting in the US Navy in November...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...

[Annotator’s Note: Talking and other noises are audible in the background of this segment.] After the Americans secured...

Marvin Tyson went to college under the G.I. Bill at New York University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York]. He...

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