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When the war ended, they shot all the ammunition to celebrate. Rita Hymel thought that was stupid and told her husband...

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

Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores read that the brunt of the manpower in World War 2 came from the high school classes of...

At the conclusion of World War 2, there were celebrations, but Thomas W. Gillette did not participate because he had...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy what he remembers about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Lorraine Doroff signed up for the Women Auxiliary Army [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Auxiliary Army Corps or WAAC;...

In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...

Lloyd Duncan remained in the service for 90 days after the war ended. He continued flying every day. He was one of only...

Not all of them were happy to see women [Annotator's Note: Wagner is referring to US Naval Officers in San Francisco]....

John F. Ward was born in 1925 and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. He grew up with one brother and two sisters. His father...

Betty Peak was born October 1923 in a small town in Plains, Meade County, Kansas. Her grandfather was an Irish...

Louis J. Brown, Jr. reflects on the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]. He first laid...

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