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Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...

George Wiswell says the past is a prologue to the future. What you learn is important. The Navy taught him to pay...

John “Johnny” Pesky was born in Portland, Oregon and went off to play baseball rather than going to college. He has a...

Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...

Rosemary Fagot would not go into the u-boat [Annotator's Note: German submarine] because she is claustrophobic. [...

Joseph Traina was born in Labadieville, Louisiana in June 1917. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what he recalls...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...

Medary G. Boudreaux returned to Higgins at Michoud after his discharge and worked there for two years [Annotator’s Note...

Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...

Admitting to an "old story," Jean Terrell McCreery related the tale of how, because she was underage, she couldn't buy...

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

Linda Hope realized that her father’s experience with servicemen during the war had a profound influence on his life [...

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