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Robert Francis Jones joined the Coast Guard on his 18th birthday. He was very disappointed at first [Annotator’s Note:...

Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds ran stores for almost 14 years. She would make the things people could not find. She was...

The ship Lawson T. Winslow, Jr. was assigned to [Annotator's Note: the USS Monrovia (APA-31)] had seen a lot of combat...

James Jeter owns an apartment complex that serves military personnel. He has about two thirds of his 40 units used by...

When Mildred Vanderpool received her orders to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in May [Annotator...

George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...

James Lee went to Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] on a tour. He can...

Helen Kushnir was born in February 1926 in Dearborn, Michigan and has been there all of her life. She had three sisters...

Zeno St. Cyr received his draft notice, but he found that he was rejected during his physical examinations because of...

Paul Gibfried was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in September 1924. When he joined the Navy, he was investigated by the...

Bane Cook was born in August 1925 in Illinois. He had an older brother. [Annotator’s Note: Cook talks about his brother...

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