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William B. Hughes knew he wanted to be a soldier when he first saw his brother in uniform. He eventually joined the...

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As a result of the war a few items from the Vatican were kept in the National Archives. Corrine Boggs was able to keep...

World War 2 was when women entered the workforce in great numbers. Many women went back to the home after their...

Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore went into nurse's training. She did not like it. Two of her friends from school were...

James Jeter was born in Jetertown, Louisiana [Annotator’s Note: near Leesville, Louisiana]. It was a small settlement...

Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...

Marion Meredith Beal felt the Marine Corps was an unusually strong outfit. Not many of his race were in the service and...

Joseph Traina trained in Algiers on the Navy base [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]....

After the war ended, Peggy Upham went back home [Annotator's Note: to Dallas, Texas]. There was no money for her to go...

Sam Pedrick entered the Army in 1942. Initially, he was assigned to the 323rd Engineer Combat Battalion. After a year,...

James Johnson came back to the United States and was supposed to go to an advanced course. They pulled him out and put...

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