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Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a...

Gerald Claassen was born in Buffalo Center, Iowa in December 1920. His father died at the age of 26 when Claassen was...

All four Japanese carriers were sunk during the Battle of Midway. The Japanese plan had been to draw the American...

Charles Chatterton was relieved to be back in the United States. On his return, they stopped in Honolulu [Annotator's...

Gilbert S. Shawn was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He grew up in Manhattan [...

Robert Rineer was born in May 1922 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...

[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] John Ryan was born in June 1924, one of four...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

Robert Marich first entered the service in February 1941. In April 1941, at Camp Mackall, North Carolina [Annotator's...

William Colgan was born in Quitman, Georgia. In 1930, when Colgan was only 10 years old, his father died, leaving his...

Henry "Buck" Weaver was born in July 1920 in Blackview, South Carolina. His father worked for the telephone company and...

Robert Madison was born in Cleveland, Ohio in July 1923, one of four sons of an educated black man, who held "all sorts...

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