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

Janice Benario never received any awkward treatment from men. Since she was an officer she may have commanded respect....

Norman Mineta saw no newspapers in the camp. No radios were allowed. The only mail that arrived came from family...

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

June Tinker met her husband when she was 16 years old. He was a neighbor near the water pump where Tinker had to draw...

After leaving his post [Annotator's Note: in the Metallurgical Laboratory] at the University of Chicago [Annotator's...

Lydia Smith Grant was born in Bath, Maine. Her grandfather was a banker as was her father. Her stepfather was in the...

James Lee says censorship was the worst thing about martial law [Annotator's Note: after the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Joseph Traina met a girl in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and got married there. They moved to...

Sam Pedrick [Annotator’s Note: an Army K-9 trainer] fed the dogs he trained in a progressive way varying meat content...

Paul Gibfried grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, near Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. His family arrived...

When the war was over, a lot of women stayed on in the factories. Helen Kushnir went to work for Western Union as a...

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