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John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

On 7 December 1941, Alfred Raymond was sleeping and someone came and woke him up to tell him that the Japanese had...

Terrell Lavern Pigott was born in February 1923 in Picayune, Mississippi. He grew up on a dairy farm there. He worked...

James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...

Leonard Gaj enlisted in March 1943 because he thought it was his duty to protect the United States of America. It was...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Childs was in aviation cadet training when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Norman Johnson was born on Staten Island, New York on 16 January 1925. His father was an electrician. In the afternoons...

Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...

Robert Dannehl was playing softball with friends on a Sunday morning, and then came home where his mother and siblings...

Paul Carter was born in Febuary 1922 in Davidson County [Annotator's Note: Davidson County, North Carolina], the son of...

[Annotator’s Note: Outside noises can be heard throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was a Captain in the Navy and...

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