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Walter Imahara's father cried when he got an apology for what had happened to him. [Annotator's Note: Imahara gets...

Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...

Blaine Kern remembers listening to a boxing match when he came home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...

Grace Brown was born in November 1921 in a farm in Texas. Growing up on a farm was tough, but she enjoyed it. She liked...

Around 1938, Shirley Sandy Schulman began dating her future husband, Hyman, while they were in high school. Her parents...

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

[Annotator's Note: Lauren Swinney was a student at Northwestern University and worked as an entertainer for troops...

Marie Rankart did not smoke but her sister did. Her sister would ask her to get her cigarettes when she came across...

James Gooch graduated from school and was sent to Florida to replace a Warrant Officer [Annotator's Note: after...

The judges at the essay contest [Annotators Note: in New York] were distinguished writers and figureheads. Erickson...

Leather was needed for the servicemen's shoes. Audrey Maduell had to have ballet shoes and others. She had to use extra...

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