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The war was on and all of the men were being drafted. After the first year, women were allowed to join the military, so...

Bernice Trotter had graduated high school and she was working for an insurance company. It was a one-woman office....

Francis Higgins had a stroke. Prior to that, he fell and broke his hip in three places. The corrections were made by...

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

[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...

Thomas W. Gillette's most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing the Japanese planes fly over his house during...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy to describe rescuing a Merchant Marine who had fallen off his...

Ever since Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores was 12 years old, he was aware of the conflict [Annotator's Note: in Europe...

John F. Ward volunteered for service in December 1943 and took his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He...

Lorraine Doroff drove for the War Department [Annotator's Note: as a member of the Women's Army Corps; women's branch...

Fredrick Hollis did not witness much family talk about the conflict during World War 2. Some of his relatives served in...

Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...

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