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

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Joseph Daquarna enlisted in early 1945 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Afterward, he was assigned to a submarine...

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

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

Paul Bosworth was born in November 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. [Annotator's Note: Sound cuts in and out.] He was in high...

After about three years at sea on different ships, Lewis M. Lee, Sr. went back to Pearl Harbor where he got orders back...

J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

[Annotator's Note: Edgar De Pue Osgood shows a picture of the USS Iowa (BB-61) that he took through a porthole.] That...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

Shiyuza Hayashi was born near Waialua Sugar Plantation on the west side of the island [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii...

When John Caraway boarded the USS Bridge (AF-1), he found it to be not only one of the oldest ships in the Navy's fleet...

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