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Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

John Sanford Gilman was born in Rochester, New York in November 1918. He grew up with an older brother and twin sister...

At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New...

Gretchen Wronka was born in January 1944. Her parents were born in a farming area of Iowa. While her mother was in...

Joseph Brannan was born in Gillett, Arkansas in 1922. Raised during the Great Depression, his father had a business in...

John Lawler was born in September 1921 in Baltimore [Annotator's Note: Baltimore, Maryland] with three brothers and...

Harry Robert Momi was born in October 1924 in Stockton, California with one older sister. He was raised by his parents...

Returning to questions about his prewar life, Jerome Fatora said that the Great Depression was a difficult time, but...

Louis R. Lepore joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and retired in May 1971 after 29 years of service. Lepore...

Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...

John Burr was born in Massachusetts in 1919. His family was in banking and brokerage. He lived in nice circumstances....

Gordon Higgins was born in February 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut, one of two sons who lived with their mother and...

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