The authors thank long-time editor and friend Walton Rawls for his considerable editorial expertise, Marian Gordin for her skillful handling of the manuscript formats, project manager Susan Costello for her support and encouragement, Andrea Clyne and Sue Finley for their expert transcription of numerous voice tapes, and Pacific war veteran descendents Sue Littlepage, Joanie Kleypas, Terry Goodwin, Fred Giles Jr., and Jeff Reaves, whose assistance was of great help in completing their parents’ contributions to this book. We acknowledge the USS Arizona Memorial National Park Service Oral History Collection and Daniel Martinez for contributions to Russell McCurdy’s account that supplemented an interview on December 10, 1996.