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While Ruth Knutson was in WAVES, her husband-to-be was drafted. He was a baseball player for the Chicago White Sox....

Arthur Kuhn was born in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Hammond, Indiana. He grew up with one brother. His...

After her time in the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...

Rosemary Fagot was born an American citizen, but she had never been to to the United States until she enlisted in the...

Richmond Hamilton was born in October 1921 in Richmond, Virginia. His father was self-employed as a paper wholesaler...

After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...

Bowdre McDowell went home for three weeks [Annotator's Note: following the end of the war] and then returned to the...

At San Diego [Annotator's Note: Naval Medical Center San Diego, California], Amelia Taylor was out shopping when she...

Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior was born in February 1926 in Arden, Montana. Custer's [Annotator's Note: US Army Major...

There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...

Dorothy Wuestner Morgan [Annotator's Note: in the WAVES; Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States...

Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith's oldest brother, John Joseph, whose nickname was "Jody", enlisted in the Navy prior...

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