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Daniel Farley tried to enlist in the Marine Corps but they turned him down. He then went to the Army and they took him...

After Pearl Harbor, Donald Witmer's next destination was Eniwetok Atoll. When they arrived, there were no Japanese...

Clyde Nordstrom cannot say that his life changed much after the declaration of war [Annotator's Note: on Japan, after...

William Braddock signed up for Marine paratrooper training after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He returned to San Diego...

Rodney Charles Fraser was born in Alameda, California in January 1926. He was an active child who never knew he was...

[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...

Elizabeth Barrett was at a loss, she said, as to her own husband's whereabouts or well being. When he got back to the...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Vincent Pale was in Philadelphia when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and some friends decided to...

After Pearl Harbor, Herbert Gross was drafted. He had a brief basic training program. By August 1942, he had started...

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

John L. Cowan did not know or care what a Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic...

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