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

William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers the ship behind them...

Robert Zawada was 16 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He graduated from high school in 1942. He did not think...

Myron L. Guisewhite was born in 1921 in Avis, Pennsylvania, one of the five children of a New York Central Railroad...

Clifford Suthern Hayes applied for officer candidate school but was sent overseas with his regiment [Annotator's Note:...

Norman Gustaf Benson's family was Swedish. His father was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States at an...

Herbert W. Ridyard was in high school when he listened to President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

Vernon Brantley was born in Sturgis, Kentucky in September 1924. He moved to South Bend, Indiana with his family...

Charles R. Smith was a senior in high school on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941]. They were asked to go...

George Shenkle was born in New Jersey in 1921. His father was a clerk to the superintendent of a steel company. His...

William Kracov was born in 1924 [Annotator's Note: October 1924] in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He grew up in Brooklyn, New...

James Craig was a corporal and knew shorthand. A commanding officer wanted him to be his secretary. Craig did not want...

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