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Dr. Norman Francis did not follow the war closely. He devoted his time to school and sports. His parents had said to...

James Gooch ate a lot of sweet potatoes during World War 2 because they were readily available. It was difficult to...

Louise Settles put in for overseas duty in 1943. She did not necessarily want to go overseas. It was more to get out of...

Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...

Rosemary Elfer was born in Grand Bay, Alabama in 1924 even though all of her ancestors were born in Louisiana....

Spencer Yancey remembers that all of their equipment was pretty basic, and there were not a lot of new improvements....

Murray Glass was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was the manager and part owner...

George Kearney was living on Magazine Street [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] when he went to work for...

Alexander Laughlin heard his stepfather, Tommy Hitchcock [Annotator’s Note: Thomas Hitchcock Jr. was an American polo...

There were French soldiers in Denver [Annotator's Note: Denver, Colorado] where Frank Hilliard was in line for...

Homer Johnson made many friends with people from the South. They taught Johnson how to treat White people. Many of the...

Margaret Kerry spent most of her time isolated. When she heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

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