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George Hardy's father persuaded him to not join his brother in the Navy because of the race problem. He would be...
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...
Oran Harris was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was returning from Sunday school when a man called out...
James Weller picked the Army for enlistment because his father had served in World War I in a submarine. The submarine...
When the draft began in 1942, everyone from the ages 17 and a half to 35 years old had to sign up. Roberto "Bob” Ruiz...
Perhaps because Barksdale Air Force Base was in his hometown of Bossier City, Louisiana, Thomas Myrick followed...
Wilfred Hanson always admired the Marine Corps, and figured if he had to go to war, he wanted to go with a group of men...
George Alaniz is from New Mexico. He was there when the draft started, and he decided to volunteer for the Army for one...
Jackson Davis went to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to practice law. The Draft Act [Annotator's Note: Selective Training and...
Courtland Claus remembers his cousin dropped by for a military visit. The radio was on in the next room over. They...
Frank Ramsey wanted to be in the Army Air Corps. His uncle had served in the First World War [Annotator's Note: World...
Henry Bodson went to West Point [Annotator's Note: United States Military Academy in West Point, New York]. It was a...
Enrique Cervantes felt the urge to join the war effort after the United States' entry into the conflict. His older...
Edward Riedl was waiting for his girlfriend to come out of her house when he was told Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Edward Field entered the military to escape his background and the oppression of anti-Semitism. It was wonderful and...
Clinton E. Riddle was born in Loudon County, Tennessee in February 1921. He was the only child in his family and grew...
Frank Ramsey was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in March 1925. His father worked in real...
Joseph Dean Reilly had a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military service] because he was working for a...
Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...
Rip Rice was born in New York City, New York in April 1924. His family was in the restaurant business in lower...
Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...
Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...
Ray Camp was born in December 1924 in Friendship, Tennessee. He lived there on a farm until he got drafted. He received...
Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He went to Catholic...
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...
[Annotator's Note: A dog barks in the background throughout video.] Clifford Smith was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania...
Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...
Monroe S. Wolyn was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...
Henry Burkle was in service at Chanute Field, Illinois when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
After his brother was drafted into the infantry, Donald F. Goyette was accompanied by his parents when he went off for...
When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

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