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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...

Calvin Moret was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 August 1925. His parents, Adolph, Sr. and Georgette had five boys...

John “Johnny” Pesky volunteered for the Navy because he did not want to be drafted. He got into a program where he was...

Coleen Landry went into law enforcement part-time to help with public relations. It was not easy being one of the first...

Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...

Charlotte Combs returned to Louisiana when her husband got out of the service. They did not have children yet. Her...

Dr. Kenneth Arrow was surprised when war came with Japan. Japan's actions had been terrible but the anticipation was...

Bowdre McDowell was injured in December 1984 when he was hit by a streetcar. He became a lasting friend with his doctor...

Bettylu Dennis was born in April 1923 in Aurora, Indiana. Beginning in fifth grade, the family moved around several...

Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Debra Stern [Annotator's Note: in the Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the US Army, 1942-1978] was at Camp Shanks...

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