Search results

Map is loading...

William "Bill" Parker was born in November 1924 in Torrance, California. Parker grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In his...

Lily Sawada was 14 years old and in high school when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. The school was very...

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

Robert “Bob” Bowron was born in Birmingham [Annotator’s Note: Birmingham, Alabama] in January 1927. He recalled when...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. was born in March 1920 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of eight children and was...

During the Battle of Surigao Strait, Mark Brannon said the USS Hutchins (DD-746) had spent almost all of its ammunition...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Heywood Mason was born in August 1925 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: on Susina Plantation near Beachton, Georgia], where...

Anton Jaber was born in June 1925 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up there and his mother died when he was two...

Clayton Hall was born in Harvey County on a farm near Newton [Annotator's Note: Newton, Kansas]. His father was in...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...

Milton L. McMullen, Sr. heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Oral History