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Jack A. Smithson was born in Malvern, Arkansas in 1923. As a kid, he worked in the sawmill there. At about 15, Smithson...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was working in an office in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania of the United States Steel Corporation...

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

Elmore Fredrick Ruck was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1922. His father worked as a public service...

Fernando Serna was born in Laredo, Texas in October 1922. He was a senior in high school when the war started. He was...

Johnnie A. Jones, Senior went to Southern University Demonstration High School [Annotator's Note: Southern University...

A typical day aboard ship for Martin Jacobson consisted of reading and PT [Annotator's Note: physical training] on the...

James Read Kirk was 17 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was born in September 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family lived in a rural area...

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

Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Dye served in the Navy aboard USS LSM-232.] There were 60 men and 6 officers on their crew....

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