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Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

William V. Cross was born in September 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up with one brother and a family that moved...

Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1921. His family moved to Los Angeles [Annotator's Note...

Jane Biestek worked at Yellowstone National Park when she in Montana. Her father would log there during the summer when...

Gregory Lawrence Nunnink was born in Kansas City [Annotator’s Note: Kansas City, Missouri] in 1927. He grew up with one...

Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

Herbert W. Ridyard was in high school when he listened to President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...

While in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], Victor Yost helped clean the ship. When at sea, Yost...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

Edward Stone normally stood four hour watches in the Radio Room [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Pyro (AE-1)] and then...

Walter Henry Barton was born on in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. He lived in Chicago until being called to active...

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