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Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...

Coleen Landry remembers when her parents were told that her brother Reed was missing in action. It took about a month...

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

Constance Negrotto had cousins and friends who were all over the place during the war. They kept her informed of what...

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

James Lee was in the Reserve [Annotator's Note: Army Reserve] program and got to serve in certain parts of the world....

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carolyn Bridgforth what the letters exchanged with her husband while he was at...

Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. Her...

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

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

Being a bush pilot in Alaska was a fun experience for Geraldine Nyman. One of their employees crashed a plane in the...

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