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Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

Jean Lotter served as a WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the United States Army, 1942 to...

Constance Negrotto was born on 8 August 1924 to Ralph and Inez Hinkel. When she was five years old, the family moved to...

The most interesting thing about John Ford [Annotator's Note: later US Navy Rear Admiral John Ford, born John Martin...

Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...

No one encouraged Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore to join the Marines. She chose the Marines because they did not have...

Admitting to an "old story," Jean Terrell McCreery related the tale of how, because she was underage, she couldn't buy...

William Hussey feels World War 2 is still relevant today because it was an outstanding example of how the United States...

[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...

Charlotte Combs returned to Louisiana when her husband got out of the service. They did not have children yet. Her...

Delano Brister witnessed the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941. The operations took up much of central Louisiana including...

One time, Geraldine Nyman was on a trip going back east and had to land at the closest airport. Nyman was able to get...

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