Oral history interview with James Cory, 1976 December 21.

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Oral history interview with James Cory, 1976 December 21.

Interview with James Cory, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

112, [4], 14 leaves : fascims. ; 29 cm.

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