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Helen Anderson Glass was stationed in Florida at Opa-locka [Annotator's Note: part of Naval Air Station Miami]. She...

William Harvey served on a converted yacht named the USS Onyx (PYc-5). Onyx was 125 feet long with two diesel driven...

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

George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...

Bettylu Dennis served in the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States...

Sara "Sally" Manning was born on 12 June 1925 in the small town of Lock Haven in Pennsylvania. Lock Haven was home to...

David Klinepeter was born in April 1926 in Pembroke, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers. His father ran a trolley car...

Amelia Taylor was born in December 1923 in Santa Monica, California. She grew up there during the Great Depression....

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

Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...

Rosemary Fagot remembers the difficulties she had translating for the United Fruit Company because of the cultural...

Mary Cummings was born in Dunkirk, New York in April 1921. It was the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

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