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Lafferty, Ralph Start of War
In 1936, Ralph F. Lafferty's oldest brother decided to join the military and worked with the CCC [Annotator's Note:...
Anthony, Ray Starting out as an Entertainer
Ray Anthony was born in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1922. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He left his...
Muelder, Milton E. Study Abroad in Prewar Germany
It was during the Great Depression that Milton Muelder and his brother went to Germany to study in 1930 and 1931. At...
Schicker, Tom Tent Camp Two
Thomas Francis Schicker was sent to Mainside Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in...
Sadler, Richard The Battle of Britain
Burt Richard Sadler turned 15 years old in 1940. Not long after, he started experiencing German bombing raids. Sadler...
Inoshita, Masaji The beginning of Japanese-American internment
Masaji Inoshita was born in central California. At an early age he moved down to the Santa Barbara area. His father had...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" The Higgins Family During the War Years
Dawn Higgins Murphy [Annotator's Note: the daughter of Andrew Jackson Higgins, the owner of Higgins Industries in New...
Keulegan, Emma The Memphis Belle
People would come to Washington [Annotator's Note: Washington, DC] to have bond [Annotator's Note: war bonds; debt...
Carver, Jack The Movie "Fury" and Postwar
Jack Carver remembers shrapnel landing on his neck as being his most memorable experience of World War 2. [Annotator's...
Bayuk, Rose The Pacific and War's End
Backing up to the time when Rose Bayuk first arrived in London [Annotator's Note: London, England], she relates how the...
Sparacino, Paul The Philippines
The locals in the Philippines loved Paul Sparacino and the other sailors [Annotator's Note: who served aboard the USS...
Whitman, Melvin Thoughts on Service
Melvin C. Whitman thinks the servicemen who returned [Annotator's Note: from World War 2] were able to teach their kids...
Pugh, Thomas Training
Thomas Edward Pugh sailed into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and saw the damage to the ships in...
Dietrick, Alfred Training in Africa
In the beginning, Alfred Dietrick would go to the movies before going overseas and the Germans looked invincible. The...
Stewart, Frank Understanding the War from the Homefront
The newspaper was a critical source of information. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.'s parents would read it to him until he could...
Lynch, James US Naval Academy
James Paul Lynch's father worked for a man running for Congress. Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Kerry, Margaret USO Shows
Margaret Kerry was not allowed to leave the state [Annotator's Note: California] because she was underage. They got on...
Lee, James USO Shows and Japanese Neighbors
During the war years, James Lee went to USO [Annotator's Note: United Services Organization] shows and saw guys like...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" War and Aftermath
Lydia Grant witnessed the attack on the American facilities at Pearl Harbor firsthand. The Japanese strafed the...
Hope, Linda War and Bob Hope
Linda Hope realized that her father’s experience with servicemen during the war had a profound influence on his life [...
Combs, Charlotte War Production
Charlotte Combs went to school for drawing maps. She got a job at the Higgins factory [Annotator's Note: Higgins...
Drucker, Lillian War Talk and USO Dances
Lillian Drucker's brothers did not talk much about the war to her afterwards and she was afraid to ask. [Annotator's...
Maduell, Audrey War Time in New Orleans
During the war, there were signs all over the city [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. The most impressive to...
Henry, Margaret War Years
Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...
Benjamin, Adelaide War's End
Adelaide Benjamin had returned to New Orleans, Louisiana from El Paso, Texas by the time the war ended. When the...
Keulegan, Emma War's End
During the war, Washington, DC was crowded. They had food rationing and gasoline rationing. Emma Keulegan and her...
Cresswell, Constance War's End in Europe
There was excitement at Constance Cresswell's officers' club when Glenn Miller [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces...
Negrotto, Constance Wartime Activities
Constance Negrotto worked on the PBY Catalina flying patrol bomber [Annotator’s Note: Negrotto was a technical...
Joyce, Josefine Wartime Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce went to work outside Vienna, Austria for the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force]....
Weber, Norman Wartime Impact on Weber's Father
Norman Weber recognized changes in his father when he returned on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Kruse, Shirley WASP Assignments and Deactivation of the Group
[Annotator's Note: After graduating from the Women Airforce Service Pilot's program, Shirley Chase Kruse was assigned...
Bourgeois, Emiline West Point Hospital Duty
Emiline Ann Bourgeois was stationed at West Point [Annotator's Note: as an Army nurse at the hospital of the United...
LeBlanc, Joyce Westward Progress
Joyce Leblanc followed her husband to America after a year of more paperwork and several trips to London for approvals...
Hatch, Norman Winning an Oscar
Norman Hatch departed Tarawa after the battle concluded and went to Hawaii with the 8th Marine Regiment. The US Army...
Alexander, Samson Working During Segregation
Samson Alexander worked at the American Drugstore as a 12 year old boy. He could read, write and count so he got the...
Kerry, Margaret Working for Disney
Margaret Kerry remembers the time when no one knew if television would take over the movies. The movie stars could be...

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