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Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Charles Chartier was sworn in in Detroit [Annotator’s Note: Detroit, Michigan]. He went to basic training at Fort Bragg...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

Hugh Wingo was born in August 1918 in South Carolina. When he was 13 years old, they moved to North Carolina. He lived...

For Allen Tillery, returning to civilian life was not much of an adjustment because it happened so fast. He thought for...

James Newsom was assigned to the USS Cole (DD-155). The Cole left Norfolk for North Africa to land Rangers ashore in...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

Richard O'Hara's most memorable experience of World War 2 was sailing into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor...

Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

Louis J. Armentaro thinks that maybe he could have gotten someone killed, but he had to have his sense of decency....

Thomas Crosby described the internee committee for the internment camp [Annotator's Notes: the Santo Tomas Internment...

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