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Vincent Pale was in Philadelphia when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and some friends decided to...

Carroll Knutson was born in March 1924 in Santa Monica, California. Both his parents had children from their previous...

Norma Jean Ford Beard was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in June 1944. Her father was a B-24 pilot [Annotator's Note:...

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

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

Rather than being discharged, Frederick Moore said, officers are released from active duty. One of his most memorable...

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

Jack Lengsfield remembers that he didn't know of the existence of Pearl Harbor until he heard the radio announcement...

Marvin Westcott was aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) while she performed escort duty for the aircraft USS Enterprise (CV-6...

David Oreck trained as a civilian pilot for the Lend-Lease Program [Annotator's Note: An Act to Promote the Defense of...

Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...

Weldon Fruge was born in January 1925 in Eunice, Louisiana. His parents were sharecroppers, moving from farm to farm...

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