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George R. Bolin could only go out to the shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas] on a...

Betty Masket was born in Cullowhee, North Carolina in 1923. The Depression did not affect Masket as much as it did...

Jack A. Gillis' most memorable event of the war was an errant landing of a disabled aircraft that was nearly wrecked....

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

Dr. Kenneth Arrow never discussed his father's World War 1 or his own World War 2 experiences. His father was in...

Doctor James B. Heneghan went to patriotic events at Soldier Field [Annotator's Note: in Chicago, Illinois]. That...

David Dawson remembers they did a lot of close order drilling. [Annotator’s Note: Dawson was training in Florida.] They...

Shirley Chase Kruse loved flying the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet primary trainer...

Dr. Norman Francis did not follow the war closely. He devoted his time to school and sports. His parents had said to...

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

Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor only once mentioned to her adoptive father that she was thinking about trying to find out more...

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

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