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Warren Nolan had an older brother who was kind of the pioneer of the family. The family is Catholic, so the brother...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

Raymond Loidolt was born in 1924 on a farm east of Pierz, Minnesota. The farm kept the six of them busy. He went to...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Glen Arnold Jostad grew up on a farm during the Great Depression. His family was poor but never hungry since they had...

Lorraine Achee could not believe the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and she did not really understand it. They had...

Armiger Jagoe was born in April 1921 in Okolona, Mississippi and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi when he was two years...

Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

Chester Biernacki and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] were on the way to Guadalcanal when they met up...

Teddy Kirkpatrick reflects on the events in his life during World War 2, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

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