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Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Robert S. Rugeley was born in January 1925 in Dallas, Texas. He was raised in Wichita Falls, Texas. His father was the...

The LST-700 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-700] eventually made it back to the Philippines. Carey Suratt needed repair...

Walter Halloran had never thought about joining the military until the attack on Pearl Harbor. He knew no one who had...

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was born in August 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Metairie. His father was...

Harold Wellington was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in September 1924. He had one older brother and one...

Lyle Mitchell remembers his wife had to work when she was brought to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor,...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing was born in New...

Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...

[Annotator's Note: Larry Cheever can be difficult to understand at times] Larry Cheever was born in September 1920 in...

Henry Heim was glad to accomplish what he did. He is proud that he got to fight for his country. He was worried he...

William Schrader was born in February 1926 in Hollywood, Florida. An only child, his father moved the family to...

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