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Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...

Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that...

It turned out that a small piece of shrapnel had severed Burgess's spinal chord. Burgess was 18 years old. Karr had...

James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...

Harold Ward found out that the man on the other side of the headphones died about six years ago. Ward wore the...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Delewski had never heard of Pearl Harbor before the attack and never planned to go into the Navy. He graduated high...

Giles Bacon served with an MP [Annotators Note: military police] battalion on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. He was born...

[Annotators Note: The interview begins mid conversation but gets on track shortly after the initial conversation.] Tom...

As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...

Baum served with the 4th Armored Division during WWII. He was born in New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was...

The USS New Orleans [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, CA32] was a sister ship to the San...

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