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Scheduled to take part in the bombing of German held oil fields in Romania, Robert Sweatt left Portreath, England on a...
Robert Gurr designed the Monorail for introduction in 1959 at Disneyland. Once he sat down with the idea that Walt...
Anne Levy began volunteering at The National WWII Museum after Katrina [Annotator’s Note: Hurricane Katrina struck New...
While her husband, Hyman, was deployed overseas in Europe during World War 2, Shirley Sandy Schulman found a job as a...
After returning home, Harold Roed [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division] went out in New York City...
Coming home from outer space was joyous, according to James Lovell, although the significance of the flight wasn't...
When the Japanese surrendered on Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines], Paul Franklin's unit [Annotator's Note:...
When the war in Europe ended, Meyer "Mike" Levin's unit [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 489th Armored Field Artillery,...
After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: the battle of Okinawa, Japan], Harry McKnight was sent back to Guam [Annotator's Note...
When Frank Pryor left Hawaii, he was sent to Japan instead of the mainland [Annotator's Note: the United States...
In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...
From Carentan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Carentan, 10 to 14 June 1944, Carentan, France], Bradford Clark Freeman...
Robert Gaylord Furrow went to England, France, Belgium, and Germany. He trained for a year before the invasion [...
James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...
Ralph F. Lafferty traveled across the United States by train until he arrived at Newport News [Annotator's Note:...
Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....
After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...
John T. Fallon had to wait to go home. He had enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a...
Henry Malec felt the BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Weapon] was heavy at ten pounds. He took the bipod off...
Margaret Kerry felt special she had been chosen to play Tinkerbell [Annotator's Note: the sassy fairy in Disney's 1953...
Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...
Irving Becker worked about 20 years for the Postal Service [Annotator's Note: the United States Postal Service]. He had...
Dora Langsam was sent to Sweden by the Red Cross. She was provided shelter and help as well as clothing and other...
Randolph Daniel headed back to the farm [Annotator’s Note: home was in Marshall County, Alabama] but could not find a...
Walter Amoss reached the Imperial Hotel [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] where the headquarters for MacArthur [...
When the war started, Arthur Frongello was still in high school, but joined the Navy anyway. When he left the Navy,...
James E. Haynes Sr. returned home and found it a little different after being away for four years. He thought about...
Howard Anderson reported to El Toro, California where he spent two weeks in a rest and recuperation base. Nobody let...
Frank Curtis McBride’s father and uncle had a pattern shop [Annotator’s Note: a pattern shop develops templates and...
Leon Hirsch enjoyed doing advance theater work for a while but found it not lucrative enough so he took a job as a...
Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...
Arthur Spaulding's World War 2 experiences had an impact on his career choices. They provided him with an understanding...
Arles J. Doss returned to Europe twice. He visited Italy and Germany on one trip. In the Black Forest [Annotator's Note...
George A. Sarosi and his mother lived in Szeged from 1945 to 1948. They returned to Budapest after that. No battles for...
Walter Bowsher worked on an effort called the Mount Fuji Project which was supposedly building a children's playground...
Timothy Mahoney kept up with his friends for some time after the war. One of his friends became a doctor. Another man...

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