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In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ira Schilling was sent to Camp Elliot, California where he joined Company L...

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Jack Leaming and the crew of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) left Pearl Harbor and attacked the Marshall Islands in February...

Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer. His job was to make sure the plane was...

[Annotator’s Note: Construction vehicles can be heard in the background throughout the segment, as well as someone in...

William Roy captured film of Japanese bombers attacking the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] that was not...

Alfred Alvarez was about 16 years old when Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...

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

Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...

Samuel Spector was born in Manhattan, New York in July 1924. He worked as a delivery boy for furriers. He also worked...

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