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Calvin Elliott did not use the G.I. Bill. He had an occupation. He worked with women all of his life. When he retired,...

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

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

People in combat are people in combat. Hairston does not believe in women in combat. He is the father of 4 daughters...

Bernice Williams was born in March 1921 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had a normal life. Her father worked for an...

[Annotator’s Note: Norma Halberg joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs in January 1944 and went to Avenger...

John Ream remembers that if anyone kept a diary, the FBI [Annotator’s Note: Federal Bureau of Investigation] would...

Douglas Harper said the raid lasted two hours, then, when things quieted down, a truck came by asking for volunteers to...

John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...

Marigold McNeely knew that she could be drafted into the service at age 18 whether she was married or not. That was the...

Barbara Pathe was disappointed that she missed the Normandy Invasion. She was sent by train to Brooklyn, New York where...

Frank Maresca shipped out from the 54th Street Pier in Brooklyn aboard His Majesty's Ship Franconia, a converted luxury...

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