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Alfred Rodrigues saw the damage on Battleship Row about two weeks after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

While serving aboard the USS Hall (DD-583) in the Marshall Islands, William Currier helped search for a downed Marine...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

Archie Kelley was born in the Naval gun factory in Washington, D.C. [Annotator's Note: Washington Navy Yard in...

Robert Leroy Shirkey was born in Vliets, Kansas in April 1924. He grew up on a farm with eight brothers and sisters....

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

Lester Hecht went to boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina. He got in shape. It did not bother him. He was older...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

Joseph Brannan returned to Melville, Rhode Island as a PT boat instructor [Annotator's Note: at the Motor Torpedo Boat...

There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...

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