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Eugene J. Gemperline's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being operated on and the dizzy aftermath of post-...

Guy Grenny was born in April 1927 in Spokane, Washington. It was a blessing to live in Spokane in his circumstances....

George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....

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

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

Edwin McAuliffe recalls everyone being involved in the shipping industry in New Orleans at that time. He would go with...

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

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

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

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

Calvin Elliott did not use the G.I. Bill. He had an occupation. He worked with women all of his life. When he retired,...

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