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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...

C. Charles Collie received a commission as an ensign in the Navy and assignment to a ship [Annotator's Note: the...

Robert Swift was born in August 1925. He grew up on a farm without electricity. Everything was horse drawn. The farm...

Wanda Damberg experienced the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack on 8 December [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines is...

Theodore Vallas was happy to know that his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] was going into battle and that he...

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...

James Armstrong was born in Bradenton, Florida and attended high school there [Annotator's Note: he doesn't specify his...

Retracing his steps, Ogden Saik recalls that he was in high school and hanging around with the guys in the neighborhood...

Joe G. Casillas was born in San Pedro, California in October 1925. He grew up around Pacoima [Annotator's Note: Pacoima...

James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

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

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