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Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...

Amelia Taylor's father signed for her at the recruiting station [Annotator's Note: to join the Women Accepted for...

Rita Hymel was asked to be a teacher because she lived the closest to the schoolhouse in Killona [Annotator's Note:...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax also joined the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. When the building was built [Annotator'...

Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry was glad to return home after the war. Adjustment was no problem as she obtained her...

Thomas W. Gillette's days were busy while he lived at the shipyard [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget...

Isabella Karle was born of Polish immigrants in Detroit, Michigan in 1921. Her father was a Detroit city employee who...

The 2nd Infantry Division came back from fighting in Europe in the latter part of 1945. They went to Camp Swift, Texas...

Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps or WAC; women's branch of the Army from 1942...

Janice Evenson wanted to go back to college. When she returned home, the high school asked her to teach math. Then a...

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