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David Oreck enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He wanted to fly in the Air...

Paul J. Frisco was born in May 1925 in Newark, New Jersey. He lived there until he was 15 years old and then moved to...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...

Trinidad Ledesma was born in November 1924 in Downey, California. His parents did not speak English. They only spoke...

Lee R. Broussard was born in December 1925 in Loreauville, Louisiana. His father was a construction worker and then...

Owen Gibb was born in Canada in 1925. His parents were farmers. He was raised on a farm in Alberta [Annotator’s Note:...

Masaji Inoshita was born in central California. At an early age he moved down to the Santa Barbara area. His father had...

Barbara Butler was born in Syracuse, New York in 1921. Her father was a salesman so they moved around a lot when she...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotators Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...

Rothacker Smith attended North High School in Detroit, Michigan after his family moved back to the city from the...

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