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Dean Whittaker was born in March 1925 in Los Angeles, California. He was the second oldest of five children and his...

Jack C. Taylor was born in 1922 and grew up in St. Louis. His father was a stockbroker and his mother took care of the...

When John Caraway boarded the USS Bridge (AF-1), he found it to be not only one of the oldest ships in the Navy's fleet...

Paul J. Frisco was born in May 1925 in Newark, New Jersey. He lived there until he was 15 years old and then moved to...

Melvin Abadie spent two weeks in Pearl Harbor. He was assigned to the USS Appalachian (AGC-1). He was not connected to...

Jimmy Doi was born in Oxnard, California in 1925. Growing up in California was great until the war started. Doi was 16...

Childers got ten days leave and went to visit family down in Los Angeles, California.When they returned to Pearl Harbor...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

Frank Forcinella was born in February 1925 in Rensselaer, New York. His childhood was good. They had hard times and...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

Louis Conter saw the Second World War as an unconditional victory. Today's world is different. We should try to knock...

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