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

Wallace G. Hurley was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1923. His mother and father divorced. His alcoholic father headed...

Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...

From there [Annotator's Note: Midway Island] they returned to Pearl Harbor. There, James Allen joined the Silversides [...

Vincent Pale was in Philadelphia when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and some friends decided to...

Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...

Gatewood was born in Decatur, Nebraska in 1921. He lived there until he went into the service. He was in his first...

Anthony Varuso grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where his father had a food store. As a child, Varuso delivered...

Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...

Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...

Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...

There was no way to avoid the war. Japan attacked a US territory [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

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