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When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a...

Alvin Russo was 62 years old when he retired. During World War 2 he was in the Army. During the Korean War [Annotator’s...

There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...

George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...

Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...

Joseph “Joe” Maynard went to Jacksonville, Florida for aviation school for three months. When he finished school, he...

Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...

Delano Brister came in contact with the 84th Infantry Division while it was in training from Camp Claiborne prior to...

Richmond Hamilton was born in October 1921 in Richmond, Virginia. His father was self-employed as a paper wholesaler...

Medary G. Boudreaux was drafted, but a subsequent high test score and his IQ allowed him to go to Sheppard Field north...

As a result of the war a few items from the Vatican were kept in the National Archives. Corrine Boggs was able to keep...

To Fredi Van Pelt, once a Marine always a Marine. They were trained they were the best. If she had her uniform she...

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