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Bettylu Dennis served in the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States...

Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin's her most memorable experience from World War 2 was getting out and meeting her husband at...

William Harvey served on a converted yacht named the USS Onyx (PYc-5). Onyx was 125 feet long with two diesel driven...

David Klinepeter was born in April 1926 in Pembroke, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers. His father ran a trolley car...

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

Amelia Taylor was born in December 1923 in Santa Monica, California. She grew up there during the Great Depression....

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist 's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] thought...

Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...

Wagner's other brother was also in the Pacific and would write to the family telling them that he was trying to meet up...

Mary Cummings was born in Dunkirk, New York in April 1921. It was the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

Helen Anderson Glass was discharged from the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service;...

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

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