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Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...

Raymond F. Downs was born in March 1934 in San Antonio, Texas. He and his brother played sports in school. Downs grew...

Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was assigned to Washington [Annotator's Note:...

Rosemary Fagot remembers the difficulties she had translating for the United Fruit Company because of the cultural...

James Jeter was drafted in 1944 but did not pass the physical examination at Fort Humbug [Annotator’s Note: in...

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

Margaret Kerry spent most of her time isolated. When she heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Raleigh W. Johnson Jr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting with his uncle in Chicago [Annotator’s...

Leading up to the test [Annotator's Note: Trinity test, code name for the first detonation of a nuclear device, 16 July...

Charles Brightman Skinner was aboard a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship] heading...

Audrey Maduell had an air raid shelter right across from her house. Her father would bring coffee to the workers...

Helen Anderson Glass was discharged from the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service;...

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