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James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...

Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...

Irwin R. Schneider was born in August 1921 in Newark, New Jersey. He was raised there. His father was a school teacher...

Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...

William Balabanow was born in February 1926 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. His stepfather was a miner. During the...

Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Bernard Peters was born in March 1923 in Oakland, Oregon. He had two older brothers and two younger sisters. His father...

Edward Stone was aboard the Pyro [Annotator's Note: USS Pyro (AE-1)] and found the ship had good cooks. That was...

Antonio C. Rodriquez was born in Martindale, Texas near San Marcos in December 1921. Rodriguez grew up on a farm where...

Back in the United States, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) went into dry dock, and Lebow went to Texas on leave [Annotator...

Andrew Leblanc, Junior was born in July 1926 in McCall [Annotator's Note: McCall, Louisiana]. He had seven sisters and...

Howard Ricks was born in April 1924 in Metairie, Louisiana. Life was rather austere in his rural community. There were...

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