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Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...

Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...

Leon Bass voluntarily entered the military. He was in a movie theater when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: A person is seen walking back and forth in the background from time to time throughout this clip]....

[Annotator's Note: Charles Walker enlisted in the Navy in January 1945.] He went into the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note...

Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...

Donald G. Watson was born in 1922 in New London, Connecticut. His father owned one of the first radio stores in the...

Earl Flanagan recalls listening to the radio when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He attended school there. He did not have any college when Pearl...

Herbert W. Ridyard benefited from his service and combat all during his later life. It helped him physically, mentally...

During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic depression that lasted from 1929...

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

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