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Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry has nearly always been known as Marian Y. Landry with the Y representing her maiden...

Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...

Mallie Mellon heard that President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...

Rosemary Elfer does not recall having any real issues while she was in the service. One issue that occurred at the end...

Stationed in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], Violet Walsh worked for the 8th Naval District...

June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She grew up in Pass...

When the war was over, a lot of women stayed on in the factories. Helen Kushnir went to work for Western Union as a...

Margaret Kerry's mother heard there were producers and stars that went to the Hollywood Canteen [Annotator's Note:...

Betty Peak had never had a prior job when she went to work for Boeing [Annotator's Note: Boeing Aircraft Company,...

There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...

Coleen Landry went into law enforcement part-time to help with public relations. It was not easy being one of the first...

Men returning from the Pacific would come in for R...

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