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Sherwin Callander's voyage to Australia consisted of stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It was winter and the ship...

Herman Prager witnessed the end of the war while on Midway Island. Following Midway, he sailed to Pearl Harbor for rest...

After the end of the war, Malcolm Johnson was awarded the Bronze Star. [Annotator's Note: The Bronze Star Medal is a U....

David Oreck enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He wanted to fly in the Air...

Because of the discrimination in the Army caste system, Francis Resta said he came to really hate the Army. But when...

Burton Johnson had been in the service for three years when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: on...

Francis J. Cook was born in August 1924 and grew up in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. His father was a barber and Cook...

John Finn stayed on .30 and .50 caliber machine guns throughout the battle, but couldn't be sure if he shot down any...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...

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