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William B. Hughes was born in April 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville was a country town at that time. His father...

George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

Russell Arnold Dahlstrom was born in July 1923 in Rockford, Illinois. [Annotator’s Note: A clock dings at 00:28.00] He...

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

Ora Hicks worked as a nurse for five years at Charity Hospital [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana], from 1936...

Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had 16 weeks of Army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight weeks...

Irene Bartley’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing wounded veterans on the train. She served because...

During World War 2, the term PTSD [Annotator's Note: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] did not exist, it was called...

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

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

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...

One time, Geraldine Nyman was on a trip going back east and had to land at the closest airport. Nyman was able to get...

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