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Betty Soskin worked in a shipyard in a Jim Crow [Annotator's Note: Jim Crow laws; state and local laws that enforced...

Catherine Long had her most memorable experience in World War II when the armistice was signed. She served because of...

Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior completed the program [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...

Richard Guthrie’s father was an officer stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack [Annotator's Note: The...

James Gooch was born in Gilmer, Texas in May 1939. He clearly recalls sitting with the family in front of their large...

Norma Jean Ford Beard was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in June 1944. Her father was a B-24 pilot [Annotator's Note:...

Shirley Chase Kruse recalled that during one of her assignments, a bird flew into her aileron, making the plane...

Older male workers would cater to the young women like June Tinker who came into the work force. The men would flirt...

Lauren Swinney had complications with her pregnancy and was admitted to the hospital over Christmas. The baby was born...

Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was discharged after the war. She helped found a...

Raymond Downs and a historian wrote a book about the experience. He collected his mother's, father's, and sister's...

At the time Rosemary Elfer's two brothers and a sister were serving in the military. Her brother Edward fought on Wake...

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