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George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

David Dawson was born in October 1924 in Tampa, Florida. They moved to Gary, Indiana when he was two years old. His...

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 discussed the developments of the war while she was in high school. It was very real to them. They...

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

Wagner grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. She attended high school and college in there.Her father was a ladies tailor. He...

Lloyd Duncan remained in the service for 90 days after the war ended. He continued flying every day. He was one of only...

Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...

Mildred Loscalzo Vanderpool was born in July 1920 in Queens County, New York. She went to Connecticut College [...

Ruth Knutson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1921. She was an only child, but her mother and father had large...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...

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