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Adolph Wilson was in college when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At 18 years old, he was playing football and running...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

At the time war broke out, Charles A. Waller was working as an usher at a nearby movie theater and followed the course...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

In 1940, the US Navy broke the Japanese code. On 27 November of 1941 Giles Bacon heard about a Japanese tanker that...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

After combat on Tinian ended and the island was secured, Ira Schilling was sent to Hawaii. First, however, he reported...

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

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