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Hans Courant was assigned to a group working on electronics at Los Alamos. He worked in that capacity for the next two...

Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...

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

Carl Nygren went to training school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [Annotator’s Note: Nygren talks about going out with a...

Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...

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

Michael Clancey deployed from the United States on Saint Patrick's Day of 1967. His parents lived near Camp Pendleton [...

After Easter 1946, Bowdre McDowell returned home and pursued a college education. He graduated with a marketing degree...

Joseph Traina trained in Algiers on the Navy base [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]....

Mrs. P.A. "Tippy" Foster's most memorable experience of World War 2 was hearing the news of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Marion Meredith Beal felt the Marine Corps was an unusually strong outfit. Not many of his race were in the service and...

Norman Mineta was asked by President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William J. Clinton] in 1993 if he would...

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