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Marion Meredith Beal was born in October 1922 in Jefferson, Texas. He had a small family. He was the only child for a...

James Jeter owns an apartment complex that serves military personnel. He has about two thirds of his 40 units used by...

Robert Francis Jones joined the Coast Guard on his 18th birthday. He was very disappointed at first [Annotator’s Note:...

When Mildred Vanderpool received her orders to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in May [Annotator...

The ship Lawson T. Winslow, Jr. was assigned to [Annotator's Note: the USS Monrovia (APA-31)] had seen a lot of combat...

Alice Howie did not get involved in anything in the war effort other than in Arlington, Virginia. She worked for IBM [...

Bernie Smith was born in March 1919 in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from high school and took some college courses at...

Coleen Landry's sisters were worried about their husbands who were at war. One sister had lived in Galveston, Texas for...

Irene Bartley was born in December 1923 in Seattle [Annotator’s Note: Seattle, Washington]. She and her twin sister...

During the war years, James Lee went to USO [Annotator's Note: United Services Organization] shows and saw guys like...

Zeno St. Cyr received his draft notice, but he found that he was rejected during his physical examinations because of...

Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...

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