The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. Crossroads of the Pacific directional sign at Kau-Kau Korner in Hawaii. Personal caption: "25 Sept[ember]...

Photograph. An unidentified pre-war ship. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Official U. S. Navy Map of Western Pacific Pearl Harbor to China 'File No: 45256 Period of Japan's Offensive' No date

Photograph. The submarine USS Dolphin (SS-169). Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Photograph. The USS Argonaut (SM-1), sister ship in the same class as the USS Narwhal (SS-167). Personal caption: "Our...

Photograph. Servicemen in swim trunks standing, sitting, and lying down at a pool. Note serviceman diving into pool....

Photograph. Docked submarines. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Robert Taylor...

Erik Johnsen was in school at Tulane, University in New Orleans, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He feels this...

Walter Bud Gafford was present on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

James Fitzmorris grew up in Depression-era New Orleans, Louisiana in the Irish Channel neighborhood. They did not know...

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