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Calvin Moret became interested in flying when he was about eight years old. Before the war started, he found himself...

When the war was over, a lot of women stayed on in the factories. Helen Kushnir went to work for Western Union as a...

Lavenia Hickman Breaux was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1917. Breaux did not realize she was living through a...

Coleen Landry was surrounded by soldiers at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She felt that her...

Bowdre McDowell was born in October 1923 in Amite County in southwest Mississippi. He grew up on a cotton farm and...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...

Dr. Kenneth Arrow's concern for the rise of Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] was intense. He...

Wagner was checking in after dinner when a guard stuck a gun in her back. She identified herself as Lieutenant Wagner...

John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...

After leaving his post [Annotator's Note: in the Metallurgical Laboratory] at the University of Chicago [Annotator's...

Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...

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