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Joseph Mittelsdorf thought the Marine Corps was intense. They taught everyone learn how to follow orders. The training...

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

Bernard Allen Dearey got married in 1950. When the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July...

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

Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...

Barbara Stables remembers they got an apartment on the third floor in a building where generals lived. [Annotator’s...

Ernest Jackson received his draft notice. He did not know if he was going to qualify. He was amazed he passed that day...

Dieter Martin Gruen was born in November 1922 in Walldorf, Germany. His father was a school principal and his mother...

Corrine Boggs, also known as Lindy, was in Washington DC on 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the date of the Japanese...

Dr. Kenneth Arrow never discussed his father's World War 1 or his own World War 2 experiences. His father was in...

Bobby C. Wilson was responsible for keeping inventory and books. He was sent to Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...

James Gooch ate a lot of sweet potatoes during World War 2 because they were readily available. It was difficult to...

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