Interview with Maurice Stamps, a serviceman in the U. S. Army during World War II. Stamps discusses growing up on a farm in Iowa, joining the army, going to Hawaii and staying at Schofield Barracks. He was assigned to the Classification/Assignment section at Fort Shafter without ever having basic training. He was later assigned to the Message Center at Ft. Shafter. He remembers his correspondence with his girlfriend Enid, whom he married upon his discharge in 1946.

Interview with Floyd R. Thomas, a serviceman in the U. S. Army during World War II. He discusses his childhood and education at Peacock Military Academy. He then joined the army and spent time in Okinawa during and after the war. He recalls being a surgical technician and working with Japanese civilians after the surrender, meeting his wife, and working for saw mills as a salesman and a pilot. He remembers stealing pineapples on Hawaii and getting diarrhea, being treated for jungle rot, selling old Japanese army blankets to civilians, and shipping silk bolts and sabers back home.

Interview with Emil Matula, U.S. Army WWII veteran, concerning his background and experiences at the Schofield Barracks during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with George M. Hemingway, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences at Ford Island Naval Air Station with the beaching crew during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with George J. Deckard, U.S. Army WWII veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 11th Signal Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Everett Johnson, U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Transcript of an interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist and World War II news correspondent, concerning his experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for the United Press during World War II. Tremaine discusses the Pearl Harbor attack, military censorship, CINCPAC and Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, General Douglas MacArthur, an account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.

Interview with Clarence Mangrem, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with the 35th Infantry, Company I during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with James F. O'Connor, a Navy WWII veteran from New Albany, Indiana, who was present aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack on Pearl Harbor. O'Connor discusses joining the Navy, assignment to the San Francisco, work on the ship, crew organization, undergoing maintenance in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack, the day before, the bombing, and the following night.

Interview with John M. Cowden, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences at Navy Mobile Hospital Number Two during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.

Interview with Joe B. Gear regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured near Corregidor in the Phillipines.

Interview with William Shiflette, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Wheeler Field with the Air Warning System during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with Floyd R. Thomas of El Paso, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War II. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories from before the war as well as his time in the military, including his training in Oregon and Hawaii, attacks on Okinawa, and various battle scenes.

Transcript of an interview with Ralph W. Nelson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarines USS Batfish and USS Parche in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, San Francisco, California, 1942; early torpedo problems; his responsibilities as a fire controlman; assignment to the Batfish, 1944; various patrols in the Luzon Strait and Makassar Strait; lifeguard duty off Palau for downed airmen; transfer to the Parche, 1945.