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In the 1950s, Eileen Noll recognized the changes for women in the military. She felt more respected and leaned upon by...

Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...

Rosemary Ramsey feels that there should be institutions like The National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans...

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

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] was on a...

Right after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], martial law...

Bernie Smith’s husband was United States Army Captain William “Bill” Smith, an officer in an artillery battalion in the...

Jean McCreery flew under her maiden name, Terrell. She was born in Troy, Ohio in 1924 and worked at WACO [Annotator's...

Jack A. Gillis was drafted into the Army and went into the Army Air Corps. He was shipped to Los Angeles [Annotator's...

Debra Stern's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being busy all the time at Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in...

Irene Bartley and her twin sister, Jean, joined the WACs [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the...

Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith joined the Navy in late 1945. He was in boot camp [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...

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