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Peter Harry was born in May 1924. He had two brothers in the service during the war. His father worked for a sink...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Reflecting on the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lauren Bruner still gets emotional. He discusses a...

Jules Levin remembered he knew he would be drafted once the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He received his draft...

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

Normand F. Gallichant was born in March 1921 in Danielson, Connecticut. He had four brothers. His father was a mechanic...

Benjamin Carson had trained at Pearl Harbor in preparation for the raid on Makin Island. They boarded the submarines...

Edward E. Boyles remarked that about 90 percent of the Japanese soldiers would rather die than bring embarrassment to...

Robert Oplinger remembers receiving the first Japanese sword of surrender on the home islands as being his most...

Alexander Marsh was born in November 1922, one of eight children, on a farm in Hardee County, Florida. As a young man,...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...

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