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

George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

David Dawson was in Hollywood, Florida at Navy gunnery school. He would pick up people that lived off the station and...

Lloyd Duncan remained in the service for 90 days after the war ended. He continued flying every day. He was one of only...

Sara "Sally" Manning met her husband while he was a hospital patient [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval...

David Klinepeter worked Monday through Friday and had the weekends and evenings off. He rarely had to pull watch duty....

Amelia Taylor discussed the developments of the war while she was in high school. It was very real to them. They...

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

Wagner grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. She attended high school and college in there.Her father was a ladies tailor. He...

Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...

Mildred Loscalzo Vanderpool was born in July 1920 in Queens County, New York. She went to Connecticut College [...

Ruth Knutson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1921. She was an only child, but her mother and father had large...

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