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The war was on and all of the men were being drafted. After the first year, women were allowed to join the military, so...

Some of the wounded would talk to Amelia Taylor about their experiences, but some did not want to. They told her that...

Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...

Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2....

Lydia Grant describes recreation and life as a young girl in the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. As a young girl, she...

At Puget Sound [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, near Bremerton, Washington], Thomas W....

Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...

Hans Courant has many fond memories of going skiing on Sundays with his Army buddies while at Los Alamos. One of his...

Ever since Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores was 12 years old, he was aware of the conflict [Annotator's Note: in Europe...

Lorraine Doroff drove for the War Department [Annotator's Note: as a member of the Women's Army Corps; women's branch...

Betty Peak had one year of college when the war started. She was 14 in October [Annotator's Note: 1937] and the war...

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

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