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At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New...

Jack Wilt was born in February 1927 in Kent, Ohio. He grew up with one younger sister. He played basketball and other...

Jane Biestek worked at Yellowstone National Park when she in Montana. Her father would log there during the summer when...

Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...

John Lawler was born in September 1921 in Baltimore [Annotator's Note: Baltimore, Maryland] with three brothers and...

Returning to questions about his prewar life, Jerome Fatora said that the Great Depression was a difficult time, but...

James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...

Richard Notebaert was born in January 1920 in Rochester, New York. He was youngest of the four children of a bridge and...

Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...

Nancy Lynch Castellano was not old enough to join the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...

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