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

Fredi Van Pelt was born in July 1923 in Alameda, California. She has two sisters. Van Pelt was the baby in the family....

Corrine Boggs notes that it is good that the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

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

Delano Brister had a career in the United States Army. The Louisiana Maneuvers made a great impression on him. He...

No one encouraged Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore to join the Marines. She chose the Marines because they did not have...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...

After leaving his post [Annotator's Note: in the Metallurgical Laboratory] at the University of Chicago [Annotator's...

Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...

Joseph Traina met a girl in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and got married there. They moved to...

Michael Clancey did duck and cover drills in school and at home as a child because of the nuclear threat. He always...

[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-sentence.] Alice Howie was born in February 1925 in Barrineau Park, Florida...

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