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All four Japanese carriers were sunk during the Battle of Midway. The Japanese plan had been to draw the American...

Ray Fitzgerald was born in March 1922 in Union County in North Mississippi. He grew up there in a rural home. The draft...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

Terry T. Shima was born in January 1923 outside of Hilo, Hawaii. He grew up on a sugar plantation. His parents both...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

Raymond Mabarac was born in January 1922 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He was the second of four sons. His father...

Edward Lalande was born in Moreauville, Louisiana in March 1919. He had three brothers and three sisters. He had a good...

Robert Tyler Oakes was born in March 1922 in New Albany, Indiana. He enjoyed his youth participated in plays in high...

Coming back to the United States was kind of boring for Robert D. Shaner. They [Annotator's Note: Shaner and the crew...

Donald H. "Don" Bee was born in September 1925 in Commodore, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Greensville,...

Bruce LaRose was born in Pennsylvania. He remembers the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...

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