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Drake, Betty Marine Corps League
Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was discharged after the war. She helped found a...
Bederson, Benjamin Landing a Physicist's Job
While Benjamin Bederson's buddies were being deployed overseas, he was being interviewed by three "obvious scientists"...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Formation of the WASPs, Disbanding the WASPs and Family
Geraldine Nyman thought that Cochran [Annotator's Note: Jacqueline Cochran] was independent. Nancy Love had started the...
Karle, Isabella The Atomic Bombs and Reflections
Isabella Karle heard on the radio that the atom bomb had been dropped. At first she was amazed that it actually worked...
Brown, Robert Boot Camp to Los Alamos
Robert Brown left for boot camp in February 1943. He went to Fort MacArthur [Annotator's Note: Fort MacArthur,...
Kern, Blaine Occupation Duty in Korea
Blaine Kern was sent to Korea. People were taking the children and throwing them into the snow. The soldiers gave the...
Glass, Helen Becoming a WAVE
Helen Anderson Glass enlisted but could not enter active service until she was investigated by governmental security...
Kerry, Margaret Reflections
Margaret Kerry went to a winery with the Mayor. They [Annotator's Note: Kerry and her former boyfriend Robert when they...
Maduell, Audrey Helping at the Train Stations
Audrey Maduell found it sad to be at the train station where the families were watching their loved ones going off to...
Hollis, Frederick Onset of War
In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...
Nunnink, Lawrence Eager to Join the Merchant Marines
Gregory Lawrence Nunnink was born in Kansas City [Annotator’s Note: Kansas City, Missouri] in 1927. He grew up with one...
Gillette, Thomas Leaving Pearl Harbor
Right after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Thomas W....

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