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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy if they ever forced any German submarines, or u-boats, to surface...

From Oceana, Virginia, Lloyd Duncan and VT-3 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 3] flew patrols looking for German...

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,...

Eugene J. Gemperline was sent to Buckley [Annotator's Note: then Buckley Field, now Buckley Space Force Base, in Aurora...

John F. Ward was very excited to find out that his commanding officer at San Angelo Airfield [Annotator's Note: San...

Betty Peak worked at the Boeing Aircraft Company [Annotator's Note: in Wichita, Kansas]. Every plane had a letter...

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

Frederick Hollis contributed to the war effort through scrap drives held in Detroit. At the collection points, snow...

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

During the war, Washington, DC was crowded. They had food rationing and gasoline rationing. Emma Keulegan and her...

There were two vacant lots near Frederick Hollis's home in Detroit. He decided to grow a Victory Garden in them. The...

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