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

When William Goldsborough learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

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

John Lillibridge was born in 1924 in Dover, Oklahoma. He grew up and attended school in Dover, graduating from high...

Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...

Joseph Motil was deferred for six months and then went into the service on 22 January 1942. Motil was born on 24 July...

Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Ralph Osterhoudt, Sr. was born in Hyde Park, New York in March 1926 and was one of 12 children. He lived during the...

M. Edward Melton was born in Henderson, Kentucky in June 1925. He had a happy childhood. They had no money, but neither...

Richard Edward Gile was born in Buffalo, New York in March 1923. He recalled the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...

James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...

Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...

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