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Manning, Sarah "Sally" Husband Captured
Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...
Wiswell, George Closing Thoughts
George Wiswell says the past is a prologue to the future. What you learn is important. The Navy taught him to pay...
Pesky, John Navy Hijinks
John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...
Hollis, Frederick End of War
Frederick Hollis saw the mood of the country after Kasserine Pass as being very negative. With many ships lost at Pearl...
Elliott, Calvin The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...
Nygren, Karl Entrance into Service
Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...
Traina, Joseph Prewar to Coast Guard
Joseph Traina was born in Labadieville, Louisiana in June 1917. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what he recalls...
Shimp, Marcella Home and Closing Thoughts
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] returned...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Military Recognition and Training
[Annotator's Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and transported...
Arrow, Kenneth Early Life
Dr. Kenneth Arrow was born in the United States of ancestry which had emigrated from Rumania. He was born in New York...
Howie, Alice After Her Husband Died
[Annotator's Note: Alice Howie's husband was killed in an aerial dogfight in Europe and was buried by a French prisoner...
Clancey, Michael Learning about Politics and Enlisting
Michael Clancey did duck and cover drills in school and at home as a child because of the nuclear threat. He always...
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