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

[Annotator’s Note: There are various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce was born in northern...

Richard Nummer was born in 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had five brothers and a sister, all of who were raised in...

Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

Between graduating from college and beginning the program at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,...

After one year of study at Iowa State [Annotator's Note: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa], Robert Erskine Hendrick...

Charles T. Edwards and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66)] were sent to Southern California...

William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. His family moved around frequently because his father worked...

[Annotator’s Note: Outside noises can be heard throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was a Captain in the Navy and...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

George Warner was born in November 1929 in Greenwood, Mississippi, where he lived until he was five years old and his...

Two weeks after the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December...

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