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Tom Quigley recounts how he was in church when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place and did not even know about the...

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

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

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

Carl Beck joined the Army at 17 in November 1942. He was born in 1925. He had been working with his father during the...

Jack Madden was born in Troy, New York in 1924. He is a lifetime resident of Troy. Troy was a good town in which to...

George Ingram was born in December 1918 in Mellow Valley, in Clay County, Alabama, one of the seven children of a...

Norman Bussel worked building B-25 bombers [Annotator’s Note: North American B-25 Mitchell] at the Fisher Body plant [...

Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...

Allen Horton returned to his memory of life on the USS Nevada (BB-36). He said the Nevada had been at Pearl Harbor, and...

Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...

James Russo, Jr. was born in February 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had a twin brother who he was close to...

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