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Upham, Peggy Prewar Life
Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Nygren, Karl Sound and Flash Training
Carl Nygren was stationed in Oklahoma for training. They had to become map readers. They would be dropped in the woods...
Swinney, Lauren Innocent Humor
Everything in speech begins with the ear and Lauren Swinney had a good ear for languages. She does fairly well with...
Shimp, Marcella Enlistment and Nurse Training
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...
McDowell, Bowdre Code Training and Duty in Hawaii
In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944], Bowdre McDowell went to Great Lakes, Illinois [Annotator's Note:...
Clancey, Michael Boot Camp and Vietnam
Michael Clancey completed boot camp at MCRD San Diego [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San...
Foster, Myrtle Serving in the WAVES
After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...
Hussey, William Born into the Navy
William "Ted" Hussey was born in 1933 in Washington, D.C., and lived in that area five different times during his life...
Mitchell, George Prewar to US Marine Corps
George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...
Groel, Marilyn "Marilyn Strelow" City Life to Marine Life
Marilyn Strelow Groel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924 and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. Groel moved to...
Duncan, Lloyd Looking for U-Boats and Flight 19
From Oceana, Virginia, Lloyd Duncan and VT-3 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 3] flew patrols looking for German...

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