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Marshalls Burnett's most memorable experiences are learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...

Arnold Horn was born in July 1919 in Luling, Louisiana. He is one of seven boys. Five of them served in World War Two...

Herbert W. Ridyard was in high school when he listened to President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

James E. Haynes Sr. was born in December 1923 in Dorchester County at Summerville, South Carolina. He was one of 12...

Donald F. Goyette boarded the SS John Land [Annotator's Note: USS John Land (AP-167)], a makeshift troop ship, that did...

The engines of the USS Perch (SS-176) were put back together, and Robert Lents said that the morning after the attack...

Hillman James Prestridge was born in September 1924 in Cragford, Alabama, a small town of about 400 people. He had one...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was born February 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee. His family was in the bakery and restaurant...

Joseph J. Drake was born in October 1924 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and one sister. His father lost...

Russell Van Matre enlisted in the US Army in December 1942. For the year between then and Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

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