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Rather than being discharged, Frederick Moore said, officers are released from active duty. One of his most memorable...

While stationed on Wheeler Field [Annotator's Note: Wheeler Army Airfield, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] with the 14th Pursuit...

Jack Leaming and the USS Enterprise (CV-6)'s Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) received SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD...

Isaac Edward was born in May 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up during the Great Depression and his family was...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...

Waldeman Czaban, nicknamed Curly, was born of Polish decent in Detroit, Michigan in 1925. His father was employed as an...

Henry A. Tacket began training at Treasure Island in San Francisco for his assignment to a new destroyer. That was...

Harry Watson went to Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator's Note: for Navy boot camp training], and couldn't understand why...

Robert Oplinger was born in August 1925 and grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed his life. He remembers the...

Charles Harrison was having breakfast in the mess hall on Peale Island when he heard a runner from the detachment shout...

Adolph Wilson was in college when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At 18 years old, he was playing football and running...

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