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Emory Maurice Ornelles joined the Army at the Honolulu Armory [Annotator's Note: he had just witnessed Japanese planes...

Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was in the Pacific...

Reuben Weiner was born in Los Angeles, California on Bastille Day [Annotator's Note: national day of France] in July...

Robert Oplinger remembers receiving the first Japanese sword of surrender on the home islands as being his most...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Hayes was assigned to the USS Tortuga (LSD-26) as an electrician in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.]...

Harold Buell returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: after flying with the "Cactus Airforce" off Henderson Field on...

Isaac Edward was born in May 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up during the Great Depression and his family was...

Tom Quigley recounts how he was in church when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place and did not even know about the...

One of George Kearney's friends, who lives not far from him, was a ban saw operator who cut the notches for the keel...

Jules Levin remembered he knew he would be drafted once the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He received his draft...

Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...

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