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The Wagners served for about three and a half years. They got out of the service in 1946 and put the war behind them....

John “Johnny” Pesky was in baseball his whole life. It enabled him to see a lot of things and play with some great...

Fredi Van Pelt was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Wilmington,...

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

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

Men returning from the Pacific would come in for R...

George Wiswell started his own business after the war [Annotator's Note: Marine Contracting, Inc. followed by Southport...

Betty Peak's most memorable experience of the war years is when the plane took off at Boeing [Annotator's Note: the...

Carl Nygren was delighted that the bombs were dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima...

Calvin Elliott was put onto a Limey [Annotator's Note: period derogatory term for British people] troop transport. Nazi...

Ora Hicks treated injured soldiers using physiotherapy [Annotator's Note: disease treatment by means other than drugs...

Rosemary Ramsey says the boys returning from the war had changed a lot. They were all grown-up. [Annotator's Note:...

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