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The hardest part of the Marines Corps for Ernest Jackson was basic training and learning to obey orders. But it was a...

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

Grace Brown and some friends liked to go out after work. They would meet up with the different soldiers that came into...

Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator's Note: who decided to search for her father's remains; he was US Army Air Forces...

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

George Allen was in New Orleans, Louisiana on a trip with his family when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was...

Margaret Brewer Henry remembers prosperity after the war. There were more jobs and people had money for cars and other...

Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...

Norma Halberg does not recall how many hours of primary training she had. She went from the Stearman [Annotator's Note...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...

Edwin McAuliffe's father was born in Ireland and was wounded during World War 1 at Gallipoli. His mother was born in...

Spencer Yancey kept up with the war overseas. When Pearl Harbor was bombed [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

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