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Tyler was working in the information center receiving radar reports on the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack [...

Arthur Q. Davis was born in March 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family lived on a rice plantation in Pointe a la...

Herman Yates was born in Anna, Illinois in November 1921. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a farmer....

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Bette C. Horstman...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that...

Guy Leefe, Jr. was born and raised in New Orleans. After graduating from Fortier High School in 1938 he began taking...

Chester Biernacki and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] were on the way to Guadalcanal when they met up...

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

Robert Bueker was born in July 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He finished high school in 1942. [Annotator's Note: The...

Louis Conter left the USS Arizona (BB-39) via a liberty boat after her fatal bombing. He boarded the boat near number...

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