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During the war years, Diana Belliard was in the United States. She lived in Chicago until 1940 then left to go to...

Perry Smith saw the Second World War as a turning point for the United States. No longer could the nation back out of...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

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

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The Thresher left port...

Allen Pedersen was born in Valley City, North Dakota in May 1916. His grandfather immigrated from Denmark. He grew up...

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

Roy Cascio was born in December 1925 in Harvey, Louisiana. His father would find a job somewhere to keep working and...

The attack on Pearl Harbor happened while Calvin Summers was at work, and when he came home, his family was discussing...

Lloyd Guillory flew aboard an LB-30 [Annotator's Note: the Consolidated LB-30 Liberator cargo aircraft was a variant of...

While stationed on Wheeler Field [Annotator's Note: Wheeler Army Airfield, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] with the 14th Pursuit...

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

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