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Cummings, Mary Military Training on the Beach
Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval Reserve (Women's Rese
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Cupina, John Prewar Life and into the Army
John J. Cupina was born in 1926 in Binghamton, New York. His parents worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in Endicott, New York.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 1
Currey was born in 1925 in Loch Sheldrake, New York and grew up in the small community Hurleyville, New York.
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Cushman, Gene Military State Side
In 1942, Gene M. Cushman was admitted to the aviation cadet program and attended his pre-flight training in San Antonio [San Antonio, Texas].
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Dahlberg, Melvin Early Life
Melvin Dahlberg was born in August 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, just days after his parents had moved there from Sweden.
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Dahlberg, Melvin Jump School, Maneuvers, Overseas Deployment and WACS
Melvin Dahlberg went to paratrooper school in Georgia.
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Davis, Edna Loss of a Friend
When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a typical western town.
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Davis, Romay Joining the Women's Army Corps
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis did not know there was anything different than segregation.
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Dawson, David Entrance into Service
David Dawson was born in October 1924 in Tampa, Florida. They moved to Gary, Indiana when he was two years old. His father ran a street car there.
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Deen, Braswell Segment 1
Deen was born in McCray, Georgia. His father was the president of South Methodist College. He was one of three kids.
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Deen, Braswell Segment 12
Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight.
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DeForest, Harold Training, Citizenship and Overseas Deployment
From Fort Custer, Harold DeForest was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia for 13 weeks of basic training. They were on the move all the time.