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Gabriel Spinelli began his active duty in March 1943. His basic training took place in Sacramento at a facility that...

[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...

Henry A. Tacket remembered harsh storms in Alaskan waters and a plane crash in Florida as his most memorable...

Clifton Trahan was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was put in an orphanage at five years old. His...

James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...

Frank L. Lombardo was born in January 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended a boarding school in Covington,...

Warren Schmitt was born on 18 March 1921 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He had a younger brother named Gene who also served in...

Donelson Houseman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1923 and grew up there. After graduating high school, he began classes...

When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....

John Kerner heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while he was walking down the street and overheard it. He and...

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...

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