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Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...

Moise S. Steeg, Jr. did not want to be in the infantry. He got in at a fortunate time when bases were being built for...

Raymond Downs was in the water for almost 20 hours with no food. On the horizon, he could see 27 shrimping boats. He...

Janice Benario did not think about her job too much while she was doing it. Every once in a while they got excited when...

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

Fredi Van Pelt was born in July 1923 in Alameda, California. She has two sisters. Van Pelt was the baby in the family....

Stella Sarnacki found out that her father died from causes of the war like the gas. She does not remember her...

No one encouraged Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore to join the Marines. She chose the Marines because they did not have...

Calvin Moret sings a song of brotherly love, hope and inspiration for the world of tomorrow.

Mary Konen was born in April 1924 in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her family relocated to Pierz, Minnesota and her father opened...

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

June Tinker was born in Coal City, West Virginia in July 1925. She grew up there until she was six years old then moved...

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