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Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...

Courtland Claus will never forget what the Japanese did [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

From Pearl Harbor they were sent to the Pacific [Annotators Note: the crew of the USS Missouri in January 1945] and...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

Theodore Vallas was happy to know that his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] was going into battle and that he...

Oran Harris said that while he was on Palawan, he learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt had died, and the news made him...

Carey Eleser was born in August 1924 in Roseville, Louisiana and grew up in Ponchatoula. He was born at a Catholic...

Herb McClure was born in March 1924 in Neodesha, Kansas, the only male and oldest of five siblings. His father had an...

Emory Maurice Ornelles joined the Army at the Honolulu Armory [Annotator's Note: he had just witnessed Japanese planes...

Hamilton gives a vivid description of growing up during the Great Depression. Times were tough but her family made it...

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