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Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...

Loraine Osborne was 16 years old when she moved. [Annotator’s Note: Osborne moved to Detroit, Michigan]. She worked at...

People would come to Washington [Annotator's Note: Washington, DC] to have bond [Annotator's Note: war bonds; debt...

Thomas W. Gillette moved from Bath, Maine to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: in 1940 to live with his sister, Lydia Grant...

Shirley Chase Kruse had many memorable experiences of World War 2. She decided to serve because she wanted a challenge...

Isabella Karle met her husband at the University of Michigan in a physical chemistry class. His undergraduate degree...

[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...

Norman Mineta was asked by President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William J. Clinton] in 1993 if he would...

One time, Geraldine Nyman was on a trip going back east and had to land at the closest airport. Nyman was able to get...

Jean Lotter served as a WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the United States Army, 1942 to...

Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...

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