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Wagner was checking in after dinner when a guard stuck a gun in her back. She identified herself as Lieutenant Wagner...

When they were finished building their positions [Annotator's Note: along the beaches of Oahu] Clarence Herbert...

Thomas W. Gillette's parents were very much into the social scene in Hawaii. They often had luaus and cooked Hawaiian...

Edwin McAuliffe remembers everyone having a Victory garden during the war. The McAuliffes also had chickens. McAuliffe'...

Henry T. Meyer took boxing lessons under Jack Dempsey [Annotator's Note: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey; American...

Moise S. Steeg, Jr. and the other men stationed there [Annotator's Note: at Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base...

Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

Isabella Karle was born of Polish immigrants in Detroit, Michigan in 1921. Her father was a Detroit city employee who...

After about two months of flight test scheduling, Frank Ragazzi was tasked with training five women service pilots....

Alvin Russo went through basic training near Baton Rouge [Annotator’s Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. When he joined,...

Janice Evenson wanted to go back to college. When she returned home, the high school asked her to teach math. Then a...

Helen Ehlers idolized the Marines. She was anxious to go to boot camp. She thought she was going to fight. She was...

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