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

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

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

Henry A. Tacket began training at Treasure Island in San Francisco for his assignment to a new destroyer. That was...

Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...

Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...

Standifer was born on April 24th, 1925 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was walking down the street in Clinton, Mississippi...

Gabriel Spinelli began his active duty in March 1943. His basic training took place in Sacramento at a facility that...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

Hamilton gives a vivid description of growing up during the Great Depression. Times were tough but her family made it...

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