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Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length. They were more focused...

Hartsel Ross was born in January 1926 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross heard the news of the attacks on Pearl Harbor [...

Vincent DeSalvo was a barber in New Orleans and was at the hospital to visit a customer of his who had been in accident...

Leo Denault served with the 43rd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 403rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group]. He...

Marvin Perrett was born in September 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was on his way home from church with his...

Ralph Francis Hogan was born in February 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of ten children. His dad owned his...

Thomas Murphy was born in New York City in 1926. His mother died during the birth and he was raised by guardians in...

Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

When James Lee was a young kid, he was close buddies with a Japanese boy whose name was Toshi Yamamoto. They were...

Al Currier was born in what is now Eastpointe, Michigan in October 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [...

As Paul Ignatius entered his teens, he became aware of the hostilities rising in Europe and Asia. He was also aware of...

Stanley Richard Williams was born in May 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He grew up on Wheeling Island with his...

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