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Sterling Cale served in World War 2 because he got caught up in it while he was in the service. While Cale was in...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] at six o'clock in...

Myron J. Carraway was waiting for breakfast when the Pearl Harbor attack began [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard...

In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...

Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotators Note: during the attack on Pearl...

Lyle Mitchell remembers there were some ships that would never be repaired [Annotator’s Note: he is referring to the...

Rudy Huval was born in Covington, Louisiana in February 1934. There were nine children in the family. His father was a...

Robert E. Foster entered the Navy in November 1934. He was drafted [Annotator's Note: into the Army] in 1942. Foster...

Ray Fitzgerald was born in March 1922 in Union County in North Mississippi. He grew up there in a rural home. The draft...

When they were finished building their positions [Annotator's Note: along the beaches of Oahu] Clarence Herbert...

As a kid, Walter Oka used to hang around on the pier, selling newspapers and sundries to the sailors. He collected...

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