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After a brief furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Eugene J. Gemperline was...

Joseph “Joe” Maynard went to Jacksonville, Florida for aviation school for three months. When he finished school, he...

Betty Peak had never had a prior job when she went to work for Boeing [Annotator's Note: Boeing Aircraft Company,...

Medary G. Boudreaux was drafted, but a subsequent high test score and his IQ allowed him to go to Sheppard Field north...

Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...

John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

[Annotator's Note: Rosemary Ramsey learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941 from her...

Everything in speech begins with the ear and Lauren Swinney had a good ear for languages. She does fairly well with...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] returned...

Florence Reynolds finished training on 6 June 1944. Afterwards, she was stationed in California. She was allowed to...

Bowdre McDowell became a volunteer at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National World War Museum in New Orleans,...

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