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As a veteran, Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior is often thanked for his service. It surprises him. During World War 2, the...

James Gooch graduated from school and was sent to Florida to replace a Warrant Officer [Annotator's Note: after...

Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent living in Hawaii] and her family were forces off their...

Before graduating from high school, Dr. Norman Francis did very little in terms of working in the war effort. He was...

Benjamin Bederson always knew he would be a scientist, but in 1942, he began his military career in the Army. He was 20...

Murray Glass was drafted and sent to the Fort Dix, New Jersey reception center for a few weeks. He then went to the...

Louise Settles worked in personnel, mostly making assignments. She had never left the United States before the Army....

Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...

Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

Mallie Mellon appreciates that people are now interested in knowing what Home Front workers like her did at home to...

Margaret Kerry's mother heard there were producers and stars that went to the Hollywood Canteen [Annotator's Note:...

Anthony “Tony” Gallego was born in November 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, a metalworker, made enough...

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