The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Sunday, 7 December 1941 was just like any other Sunday for Fred Aldridge and his fellow sailors. When an alarm sounded...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

Edwin McAuliffe was in Covington [Annotators Note: Covington, Louisiana] visiting friends. The news came across the...

After surviving a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] flight that arrived in Hawaii on...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...

James Thomas Womack's ship [Annotator's Note: USS St. Louis (CL-49)] was on patrol duty until they were able to get...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

Even though he was a small boy, William Hussey was aware that there was a fear that the Japanese would invade Hawaii....

Earl Williams returned from overseas where he had been in charge of aircraft disposition for the Pacific area. Assigned...

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