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Henry A. Tacket and the USS Heermann (DD-532) were assigned to the invasion of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The...

[Annotator's Note: Carolyn Bridgforth and her boyfriend decided to move up their wedding after the Japanese attacked...

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Joseph Romano was born in May 1923 in Marrero [Annotator's Note: Marrero, Louisiana]. Growing up, there were poor...

Thomas Paris was born in Nashville, Tennessee in May 1926. He had one sister. His father was a salesman for Remington....

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...

Tom Quigley recounts how he was in church when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place and did not even know about the...

Robert Wolf returned to the United States from the Philippines and went back to school. He graduated in 1949. He...

Mark Maynard entered the Navy and initially had training in Idaho and then Illinois. While he was at the second...

James Odom was born in November 1925 in South Palo Pinto County, about 20 miles south of Mineral Wells, Texas. He grew...

Baptiste Puissegur was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920 and grew up on a farm with his parents and older brothers...

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