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Once the United States entered World War 2, Adelaide Benjamin followed the progress of the war in a number of ways but...

Alonzo Emerson was born in April 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The oldest of three children [Annotator's Note: one...

Helen Gagel had no lasting effects from the war. Her most memorable experience was when she was going into actual war....

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

Although he didn't like it at first, in time Lewis M. Lee, Sr.'s diagnosis of battle fatigue didn't bother him, even...

Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...

Charles Balaza was in Manila Bay on a minesweeper during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was returning to...

Katherine Croft was born in 1939 in Bluefield, West Virginia. Her father worked there briefly as an architect, and then...

Lauren Swinney was born in LaSalle, Illinois and grew up in Gary, Indiana. During that time, Gary had the Carnegie...

Mary R. Stricklan was born in May 1919 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: Gordon County, Georgia]. Growing up there was...

Donald Witmer was on the USS Twiggs (DD-591) for its shakedown cruise to Bermuda. It was Christmas of 1943, and Witmer...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

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