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When Edwin McAuliffe's brother went to sea his parents likely knew it was a dangerous time to be at sea but he did not...

Moise S. Steeg, Jr. and the other men stationed there [Annotator's Note: at Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base...

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

Helen Ehlers idolized the Marines. She was anxious to go to boot camp. She thought she was going to fight. She was...

Janice Evenson wanted to go back to college. When she returned home, the high school asked her to teach math. Then a...

Alvin Russo went through basic training near Baton Rouge [Annotator’s Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. When he joined,...

Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....

Sara "Sally" Manning was born on 12 June 1925 in the small town of Lock Haven in Pennsylvania. Lock Haven was home to...

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

Calvin Elliott decided he wanted to try and be an airplane pilot. He was fascinated by the B-25s [Annotator's Note:...

William B. Hughes was sent to Merchant Marine boot camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Afterward, he went to New Orleans...

Harris H. Levee was born in August 1919 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of...

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