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Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...

Takea Iguchi was 10 years old when his father was sent to New York to assist the ambassador. They moved to Washington,...

Frederick Henry imagines he would enjoy military life today, as it is less restrictive than it was when he served. The...

Snapp met some of the women in the First Air Force class, some were astronauts. They had a tough time as well. Snapp's...

[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis served with the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs.] Everybody liked the AT-6 [...

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

Lavenia Breaux wanted to go in the service after Pearl Harbor. She always had a dream of traveling and realized the...

From Oceana, Virginia, Lloyd Duncan and VT-3 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 3] flew patrols looking for German...

T. Toby Kafka does not remember interacting with African Americans [Annotator's Note: while enlisted in the Women's...

Margaret Stephensen was in Tucson, Arizona after she was discharged from the Navy. She had gone to San Diego [Annotator...

Sara "Sally" Manning's life would have been completely different had she not volunteered for the Navy. It gave her the...

Calvin Elliott decided he wanted to try and be an airplane pilot. He was fascinated by the B-25s [Annotator's Note:...

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