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Walter Imahara's father cried when he got an apology for what had happened to him. [Annotator's Note: Imahara gets...

Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith joined the Navy in late 1945. He was in boot camp [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...

Jack Vandervort chose to leave the US Merchant Marine. He did not like it too well. He was drafted and went to Camp...

James Jeter was born in Jetertown, Louisiana [Annotator’s Note: near Leesville, Louisiana]. It was a small settlement...

Ernest Jackson received his draft notice. He did not know if he was going to qualify. He was amazed he passed that day...

Lydia Grant witnessed the attack on the American facilities at Pearl Harbor firsthand. The Japanese strafed the...

The hardest part of the Marines Corps for Ernest Jackson was basic training and learning to obey orders. But it was a...

[Annotator's Note: This segment is the beginning of a second interview recorded with Mrs. Grant in the studio at The...

Grace Brown and some friends liked to go out after work. They would meet up with the different soldiers that came into...

Bernard Allen Dearey was sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota for induction, and then went to Fort Sheridan, Illinois for a...

Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...

Isabella Karle remembers that news of what was happening in Europe was heard on radio and reported in the newspapers....

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