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James Johnson came back to the United States and was supposed to go to an advanced course. They pulled him out and put...

Marilyn Strelow Groel enjoyed her boot camp experience, especially the instruction on how to salute, march, and obey...

Coleen Landry's father was an air raid warden and drills would be held weekly. His job included making sure there were...

Jack Vandervort chose to leave the US Merchant Marine. He did not like it too well. He was drafted and went to Camp...

Lillian Drucker was born in July 1925 in Biloxi, Mississippi. She grew up there, attended school, and got married. Her...

Bernard Allen Dearey was born in August 1927 in Perry, Iowa. He was an only child. He was a letter carrier for the post...

When Calvin Moret was at Godman Field near Fort Knox [Annotator’s Note: Kentucky], he noted that Italian and German...

Dr. Kenneth Arrow did not have firsthand knowledge of the feelings of the local population toward the war effort. He...

Lavenia Breaux had to find out through the grapevine that her friend had been killed. Sensitive information like that...

Martha Tolles got a phone call saying her husband was coming home. He wanted her to fly out to LA [Annotator’s Note:...

Starting about 1940, Brown Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas] began as a result...

Jane Biestek remembers buses of sailors passing by the window of the Ford factory. She would dance with them at night....

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