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Jack A. Gillis was born in February 1923 in Mound City, Missouri. He had no brothers or sisters. At age two, Gillis...

Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...

John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

Raymond Urban was born in September 1920 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They left there when he was young and moved around...

Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...

Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...

Edward J. Manzi was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in February 1924 and grew up in nearby Woodbury. He was one of five...

Ferrier was given a weekend pass and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. At the hotel Ferrier did not talk to many...

Leonard Gaj was born in Buffalo [Annotator’s Note: Buffalo, New York] in March 1925. His name, Gaj, is Polish. He had...

David Oreck was in Minneapolis, Minnesota when he heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and many others had never...

Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining to Roy Stewart how the interview process works...

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