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An 8-Year Old POW

February 23rd, 2010

Life was good for eight year old Tom Crosby, an American living in Manila in 1941. Then December 7th came, and his life changed forever…

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Swimming in a Sea of Burning Oil

October 8th, 2009

stuhedleyStu Hedley may have believed that once he left his ship, the West Virginia, in Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941 that he was out of harm’s way. More obstacles were still to come…

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Surviving Pearl Harbor: A First Hand Account

October 7th, 2009

westvirginia1We’ve heard of the events of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Today, we meet one of the men who survived aboard one of the battleships stationed there…

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