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Guy Stern had come to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1937 when he was 15 years old to escape Nazi Germany. He tried, but...

Robert Butler Whitcomb was born in Scipio, Indiana. When he was about six his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he...

Perry Smith saw the Second World War as a turning point for the United States. No longer could the nation back out of...

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

Chester Biernacki and the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] returned to the United States after the Pearl...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...

George Haines was top in points and could go home or stay near the war's end. He went to Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan for...

Alexander Marsh was born in November 1922, one of eight children, on a farm in Hardee County, Florida. As a young man,...

The Yorktown [Annotators Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...

About eight months after the Helena went down [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50) was sunk during the Battle of...

Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...

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