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Photograph of artillery piece at Battery Way.

This photograph was taken by Melvin Goldstein.

This pamphlet contains various statistics of the USS Essex while it was in service during World War Two.

Alex talks being a B-17 bomber pilot with the 381st Bomb Group. When Alex says "ship", he is referring to an aircraft.

Stan talks about his service with 82nd Seabees on islands in the Pacific such as Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Okinawa. The other voice towards the end of the interview is Alex Strohmayer's.

The dinner was held on December 31, 1944.
The U.S.S. Essex's action up onto that date is described.

James Blakely was abroad the USS St. Louis at the time of the attack at Pearl Harbor.

Armando Galella enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 53rd Signal Corps. He was at Hickham Air Force Base in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.