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George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

Charlotte Combs went to school for drawing maps. She got a job at the Higgins factory [Annotator's Note: Higgins...

Betty Peak's husband got his early training in Victorville, California on the edge of the Mojave Desert. There were...

William B. Hughes first sailed on the SS Joseph Hamilton and that was followed by the USAHS Wisteria. The Hamilton was...

John “Johnny” Pesky was born in Portland, Oregon and went off to play baseball rather than going to college. He has a...

Calvin Elliott was born in February 1918 in Whitesville, Delaware. He grew up in Maryland after moving there when he...

Ora Hicks worked as a nurse for five years at Charity Hospital [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana], from 1936...

The Navy made Eileen Noll a different person. She wanted to be better so that went along with the role the Navy played...

[Annotator's Note: Rosemary Ramsey learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941 from her...

After an airplane engine had flown a certain number of times it would be due for an overhaul. If it was in good...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...

Bowdre McDowell became a volunteer at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National World War Museum in New Orleans,...

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