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Walter Imahara had an uncle who farmed with his father in Florin outside of Sacramento. His uncle had a lot of children...

T. Toby Kafka was born in Kingston, New York in October 1924 and grew up in Manhattan [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is...

Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...

Joseph “Joe” Maynard went to Jacksonville, Florida for aviation school for three months. When he finished school, he...

Dr. Norman Francis had a great interest in interacting with World War 2 veterans returning from the war and going to...

Sara "Sally" Manning's duties at the hospital [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval Hospital Boston, Chelsea,...

Medary G. Boudreaux was drafted, but a subsequent high test score and his IQ allowed him to go to Sheppard Field north...

Louise Settles had a date or two in Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea] and she was very disappointed....

Norman Mineta was asked by President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William J. Clinton] in 1993 if he would...

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

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

Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...

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