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Shimp, Marcella Treating Returning Wounded
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist 's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] thought...
McDowell, Bowdre Sea Duty and Intelligence Work
Bowdre McDowell went home for three weeks [Annotator's Note: following the end of the war] and then returned to the...
Foster, Myrtle Serving in the WAVES
After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...
Howie, Alice Decoding Japanese Messages
Alice Howie did not get involved in anything in the war effort other than in Arlington, Virginia. She worked for IBM [...
Groel, Marilyn "Marilyn Strelow" City Life to Marine Life
Marilyn Strelow Groel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924 and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. Groel moved to...
Landry, Coleen Sisters Move In and a Brother Goes Missing
Coleen Landry's sisters were worried about their husbands who were at war. One sister had lived in Galveston, Texas for...
Konen, Mary Being a WAC
Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist [Annotator’s Note: named Dr. Behrman] who performed dentistry work on German...
Mitchell, George Prewar to US Marine Corps
George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...
Harvey, William Patrolling for U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico
William Harvey served on a converted yacht named the USS Onyx (PYc-5). Onyx was 125 feet long with two diesel driven...
Moret, Calvin Becoming a Tuskegee Airman
Calvin Moret volunteered for the Army Air Corps. Following testing, he was accepted on 14 October 1943. He was sent for...
Hitchcock, Peggy Experience with Death
Peggy Hitchcock remembers her father was a happy person who loved life and entertaining people. He loved giving back....
Smith, Lamar Closing Thoughts
The Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith believes that World War 2 does not mean too much to America today. America did...

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