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Ora Pierce Hicks married John Hicks at a German prisoner of war camp in Arizona. She has a twin brother named Otis. She...

Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...

Catherine Long had boot training in the Navy. Her parents had no objection to her joining the service. Her father was...

John “Johnny” Pesky was born in Portland, Oregon and went off to play baseball rather than going to college. He has a...

Everything in speech begins with the ear and Lauren Swinney had a good ear for languages. She does fairly well with...

Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...

Marion Meredith Beal had a desk right next to the desk of Hashmark Johnson [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Sergeant...

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

Florence Reynolds finished training on 6 June 1944. Afterwards, she was stationed in California. She was allowed to...

Linda Hope realized that her father’s experience with servicemen during the war had a profound influence on his life [...

James Lee says censorship was the worst thing about martial law [Annotator's Note: after the Japanese attack on Pearl...

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