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Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...

Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...

Edward Thomas Toole's most memorable moment was when Japan surrendered. That meant the war was over. That was a...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...

[Annotator's Note: Larry Cheever can be difficult to understand at times] Larry Cheever was born in September 1920 in...

George W. McCarthy was a senior in high school and with friends when he found out about the Pearl Harbor attack [...

Marvin H. Gohlke was born in Texas in November 1921. He was the oldest child. His mother had four more sons. She died...

Paul Baughman served in World War 2. When Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Frank Aleksandrowicz was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in December 1921. He took time off from college to work as a...

John Noack lived in Port Arthur, Texas before the war. Once in a while a barnstormer would come through with a plane...

Glynn G. Raby, Jr. was born in Memphis [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee] in 1924. His father owned service...

Philip James Sciortino, Sr. was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in September 1923. He...

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