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Joseph “Joe” Maynard was born in August 1922 in Oakley, Tennessee. He had three brothers and one sister. He was the...

Medary G. Boudreaux was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in June 1921. Prior to the war, he attended Commercial High...

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

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

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

Bowdre McDowell went home for three weeks [Annotator's Note: following the end of the war] and then returned to the...

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

Delano Brister has had a fun run. Although he does not miss the uniform, he does not regret a bit. The soldiers laid...

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

After completing her course work, Betty Masket went home for a couple of weeks. She then went to the plant [Annotator's...

After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...

Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds ran stores for almost 14 years. She would make the things people could not find. She was...

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