The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Photograph. An unidentified submarine. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Photograph. A large crowd at the dock watches an unidentified ship leaving port. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

Photograph. Partial views of pre-war ships. Likely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No date

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

Photograph. A group of four American sailors playing cards or generally socializing, probably aboard the USS Narwhal....

Photograph. A Petty Officer, Third Class stands on the deck of a submarine, probably the USS Narwhal. Likely Pearl...

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

William Patrick Bonelli retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1960. On the night of 6 December 1941, Bonelli was in...

John Finn was on the opposite side of the island from Pearl Harbor, at Kaneohe Bay, and he heard terrible explosions,...

On Sunday, 7 December 1941, Donald Popham was in a movie theater when the demand flashed on the screen for all military...

Frank Maresca had just finished eating Sunday dinner and had turned on the radio to listen to a ball game. During the...

Pearl Harbor was "a mess," and John Cassidy said he learned that one of his classmates from officers' candidate school...

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