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Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...

When Edwin McAuliffe was a kid during the war there were things everywhere that reminded people that there was a war...

William B. Hughes knew he wanted to be a soldier when he first saw his brother in uniform. He eventually joined the...

Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...

Alvin Russo was 62 years old when he retired. During World War 2 he was in the Army. During the Korean War [Annotator’s...

George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...

Geraldine Nyman was born in Emmett, Idaho in 1920. She grew up with a family that moved every year. Her father was a...

Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...

Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...

Charlotte Combs was born in April 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She had two little...

To Fredi Van Pelt, once a Marine always a Marine. They were trained they were the best. If she had her uniform she...

Bowdre McDowell was born in October 1923 in Amite County in southwest Mississippi. He grew up on a cotton farm and...

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