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Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

Norman Mineta's father wanted to work as an ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, instructor in Chicago, Illinois....

Raymond Downs was in the water for almost 20 hours with no food. On the horizon, he could see 27 shrimping boats. He...

[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant worked for an oil company in Louisiana. He details the job.] Constant worried about...

Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note:a riveter for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on the PBY [Annotator's...

Mary Leisey was born in Honey Brooke, Pennsylvania. It was a small town of nearly 1,000 people. She enjoyed growing up...

Delano Brister has had a fun run. Although he does not miss the uniform, he does not regret a bit. The soldiers laid...

Mildred "Jean" Liparoto just did what she had to do [Annotator's Note: to get by with nephews, brothers, and a husband...

Betty Soskin was born in September 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. She was invited to be a panelist at The National WWII...

Peggy Upham was in an accelerated program [Annotator's Note: in the Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes at Purdue...

Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist who performed dentistry work on German POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war...

Diana Belliard has never forgiven the Germans for what took place during the war. She did not lose anyone personally...

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