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Morris Semiatin was born in June 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He knew in the late 1930s that there was war going on. He...

[Annotator's Note: Coughing can be heard throughout this segment.] Allen Porter was born in Market, Michigan in 1925....

Gordon Higgins was born in February 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut, one of two sons who lived with their mother and...

Richard Ford was in Panama City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was in a bar when he found out. Panamanian police...

Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...

Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

John Laster was born in April 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky. He started school in Dalton, Georgia, but when he was in...

Billy P. Bassett was born in December 1924 in Deep River, Iowa. He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa with his brother and two...

Due to a pilot shortage, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...

James Jordan is a contributing member to the Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

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