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Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...

Richmond Hamilton's advanced flight training as very orderly and thorough. Each step in the process was very explicit...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...

Lillian Hoover was kept informed of what was going on in the war. Her base [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Technical...

Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...

Lawson T. Winslow, Junior's most memorable experience of World War 2 was hearing about the atomic bomb [Annotator's...

Helen Anderson Glass was stationed in Florida at Opa-locka [Annotator's Note: part of Naval Air Station Miami]. She...

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

John “Johnny” Pesky learned to show up on time and be on time in the Navy. He found tough decisions when choosing...

George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...

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

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

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