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Lloyd Reese was asleep, and his father woke him to tell him about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He knew that we were in...

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

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] at six o'clock in...

Dr. Stanley Jaffe has one sister and no brothers in his family. His father was a storekeeper. He owned a liquor store...

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

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

Frank Stewart was standing outside of the White House in Washington D.C. when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Joseph Richard was a welder aboard the USS Rigel (AR-11) when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He took a small boat...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

After graduating from Alcee Fortier high school, New Orleans, Louisiana, Thomas Wicker attended Tulane University, New...

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

Philip Curran and his family talked about the impending war developments all the time. His grandfather was an avid...

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