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Joseph Alter was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in May 1923. His father kept his job as a...

William Splichal was born in May 1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His father worked for the city and his mother raised the...

Antoinette Underwood signed up for the Army a day or two after Pearl Harbor. She had to go to West Point for an...

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

Thomas Houdek was born in Detroit, Michigan in March 1926, the youngest of six children. His father was a tool and die...

Delewski had never heard of Pearl Harbor before the attack and never planned to go into the Navy. He graduated high...

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

Thomas Wicker received orders to serve on an oilier, which he was not thrilled about. He graduated from Tulane...

Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

After Pearl Harbor, Herbert Gross was drafted. He had a brief basic training program. By August 1942, he had started...

Norris Elwyn Gwin was born in June 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an only child. His father was a veteran of World War...

Robert Mayes was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 1923. He graduated from high school in 1941. He maintained...

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