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Moise S. Steeg, Jr. went to Officer Candidate School in Miami, Florida. He finished in the upper one percent of the...

Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2....

Lorraine Doroff was born in December 1918 on a family farm near Long Prairie, Minnesota in a log cabin. She liked...

Nelson Constant's company [Annotator's Note: Humble Oil Company] hired 13 colored boys [Annotator's Note: African-...

Stationed in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], Violet Walsh worked for the 8th Naval District...

There were two vacant lots near Frederick Hollis's home in Detroit. He decided to grow a Victory Garden in them. The...

Lloyd Duncan feels that the veterans of World War 2 and Korea received the respect and appreciation they deserved....

William B. Hughes sailed on the hospital ship USAHS Wisteria on his second voyage. He was assigned a fire station but...

Henry "Buck" Weaver volunteered to assign himself to a new station, not knowing what the details involved. He found out...

Fredi Van Pelt was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Wilmington,...

George Wiswell started his own business after the war [Annotator's Note: Marine Contracting, Inc. followed by Southport...

Ralph Gay went into the construction business when he returned home. He built houses. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator'...

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