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Helen Gagel had no lasting effects from the war. Her most memorable experience was when she was going into actual war....

Peter Harry was born in May 1924. He had two brothers in the service during the war. His father worked for a sink...

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

Clyde Jones was born in Cordova, Alabama in 1923. He was raised in nearby Windfield, Alabama, where his father worked...

[Annotator's Note: Helen Kushnir was in grade school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

Walter Bank's family lived on a small farm, and wasn't greatly affected by the Great Depression. They never talked...

Dominick Sgobbo was born in October 1924 in East Harlem, New York City, New York. The fifth of eight children of...

Rothacker Smith had no idea that war was in his future on the morning of 7 December 1941. Smith was working in a corn...

Charles Balaza was in Manila Bay on a minesweeper during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was returning to...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

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