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Frank H. O'Leary was leaving his friend's house when he learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Terry T. Shima was born in January 1923 outside of Hilo, Hawaii. He grew up on a sugar plantation. His parents both...

Sherman Vangrov was born in March 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, but moved around the county because his mother was ill. He...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. heard that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had bombed Pearl...

Leila Morrison attended a nursing program in Chattanooga, Tennessee [Annotator's Note: at Baroness Erlanger Hospital,...

Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

James E. Haynes Sr. was born in December 1923 in Dorchester County at Summerville, South Carolina. He was one of 12...

James Read Kirk was 17 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

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

A typical day aboard ship for Martin Jacobson consisted of reading and PT [Annotator's Note: physical training] on the...

Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

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