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Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

Betty Soskin remembers the blackouts. She worked in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in a...

Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior was born in February 1926 in Arden, Montana. Custer's [Annotator's Note: US Army Major...

When they [Annotator's Note: Walter Imahara and many of the other Japanese-Americans interned at the Jerome War...

Alton Bourg does not remember where he heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

June Tinker's older sister went to Patterson Field, Ohio for defense work training. Tinker went to Charleston, West...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...

Frances Meikrantz was born in 1921 in Worcester, Massachusettes. It was a nice town. She grew up during the Depression...

Peggy Hitchcock remembers her father was a happy person who loved life and entertaining people. He loved giving back....

Spencer Yancey was born in Hunnewell, Missouri in 1910. He is 106 years old. He was born and raised on a farm. He...

Norman Mineta was asked by President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William J. Clinton] in 1993 if he would...

Victor Befera looks upon himself as just a footnote of World War 2. He did not collect any medals or commendations. His...

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