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[Annotator's Note: Cyril de la Vergne was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California.] They did...

Margaret Kerry remembers the time when no one knew if television would take over the movies. The movie stars could be...

Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...

Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

Murray Glass went to Poland in 1933 with his family. They visited relatives there. The summer was spent in Ostrołe̜ka,...

At San Diego [Annotator's Note: Naval Medical Center San Diego, California], Amelia Taylor was out shopping when she...

The Japanese attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] started at five...

Frederick Henry imagines he would enjoy military life today, as it is less restrictive than it was when he served. The...

Carolyn Bridgforth's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

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

Rosemary Fagot remembers the difficulties she had translating for the United Fruit Company because of the cultural...

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