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The judges at the essay contest [Annotators Note: in New York] were distinguished writers and figureheads. Erickson...

Dan Baker was later assigned to the Vienna area command under General Mark Clark, where there was a four power command...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...

Frank Hartzell was born in January 1925 in Buffalo, New York. After six months, his family moved to the Philadelphia...

Louis Smith recalled that he was inducted 26 February 1943, wounded on Iwo Jima 26 February 1945, and quit smoking...

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

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

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

Jack Leaming and the USS Enterprise (CV-6)'s Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) received SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD...

Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...

Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

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