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

While Ruth Knutson was in WAVES, her husband-to-be was drafted. He was a baseball player for the Chicago White Sox....

George Allen says he was part of something that worked out well. He was worried that we [Annotator's Note: the United...

Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...

Betty Soskin works at the Visitor Center [Annotator's Note: she became a National Park Ranger in 2006 at the age of 85...

For Tom Thurman [Annotator's Note: American filmmaker], "December 7" [Annotator's Note: "December 7: The Movie," 1943...

William B. Hughes knew he wanted to be a soldier when he first saw his brother in uniform. He eventually joined the...

Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...

Frank B. Stewart. Jr. was a child during World War 2 but recalls the willingness of Americans volunteering their time...

Murray Glass had a resentful band master who took offense at Glass not playing the French horn according to his MOS [...

Victor Befera learned of and passed the V-12 [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to 1946]...

David Dawson remembers they did a lot of close order drilling. [Annotator’s Note: Dawson was training in Florida.] They...

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