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Isabella Karle heard on the radio that the atom bomb had been dropped. At first she was amazed that it actually worked...

Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...

In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...

Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...

Alvin Russo was 62 years old when he retired. During World War 2 he was in the Army. During the Korean War [Annotator’s...

John F. Ward was discharged from the service in late 1945 from in Rome, New York as a corporal. He was given a four-...

Charlotte Combs was born in April 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She had two little...

Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott was stationed at Borinquen Air Base, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.] There was a major who...

In the 1950s, Eileen Noll recognized the changes for women in the military. She felt more respected and leaned upon by...

To Fredi Van Pelt, once a Marine always a Marine. They were trained they were the best. If she had her uniform she...

Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore, and everybody else, was scared the Nazis were going to take over Europe. When VE-Day...

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