Topic: A Pearl Harbor Volunteer Remembers

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Pearl Harbor Volunteer Vincent Benedetti recalls coming to Orlando from Banana River Naval Air Station as a sailor on liberty during WWII. 10,000 soldiers were in Orlando at the time. Fourth generation Floridian Arline Conoley Benedetti, shares how she met her future husband Vincent Benedetti at a dance here in Orlando in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs. Benedetti at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, September 4, 2011.

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First Name:Vincent
Last Name:Benedetti
Place of Birth:Richmond, Virginia