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William Braddock signed up for Marine paratrooper training after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He returned to San Diego...

Norman Hatch was asleep at his place in New York on the morning of 7 December 1941. He had preset his radio to turn on...

Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Robert Heller was born in December 1921 in Lake Wood, Ohio and became a member of the United States Army's 91st Bomb...

[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away aboard the USS Deuel (APA-160) on 10 January 1945 for the trip from Pearl...

Chester Biernacki and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] were on the way to Guadalcanal when they met up...

Mann was born in Germany in 1925 and came to the United States in 1936. His father got a job at an American University....

Louis Conter left the USS Arizona (BB-39) via a liberty boat after her fatal bombing. He boarded the boat near number...

David Flynn has written an account of the events of 7 December 1941. He recorded receiving the announcement of the...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Henry A. Tacket was aboard the USS Heermann (DD-532) when the invasion of the Philippines started. The initial landings...

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