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After completing his Merchant Marine training, William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. was sent to Miami, Florida. He then...

Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....

Upon returning to the United States in January 1946 from serving in the Merchant Marine, Dee Wayne White signed up to...

Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

John DuBose had eight months of back pay when he departed the SS Frenchtown. He was concerned that he would be robbed...

David R. Saunders was born in December 1922 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father was a...

In June 1950, William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. was drafted into the Army for the Korean War [Annotator's Note:...

All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be...

Dee Wayne White served in Germany during his three-year deployment overseas. Shortly before being sent back to the...

Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...

Woods was upset after the war because he wasn't given the benefits of the G.I. Bill. A friend of his his who had been...

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