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

T. Toby Kafka enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1944 at the age of 20. Her family, particularly her brother,...

Norman Mineta's father wanted to work as an ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, instructor in Chicago, Illinois....

Dorothy Malone remembers that they partied when they heard the war was over. She was married and lived on a boat. She...

While Benjamin Bederson's buddies were being deployed overseas, he was being interviewed by three "obvious scientists"...

Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...

When Snapp arrived at the hotel [Annotators Note: in Sweetwater, Texas for WASP training] there was roughly thirty to...

Even though she was young, Marie Rankart paid attention to world events. At the time, young people had more of an...

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

Calvin Moret volunteered for the Army Air Corps. Following testing, he was accepted on 14 October 1943. He was sent for...

George Wiswell says the past is a prologue to the future. What you learn is important. The Navy taught him to pay...

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

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