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Pummill, William Missouri Boy to Marine
William "Bill" Arthur Pummill was born in Crocker, Missouri in July 1921. He was the eighth of 12 children in the...
Smith, Rothacker Moving to the Country
Rothacker Smith began selling root beer to construction workers at projects around Detroit during the Great Depression...
Yost, Victor Naval Service
Victor James Yost was born on a farm in Illinois in October 1920. His parents were farmers. Yost was one of eight...
Hall, Meda Navy Training
Meda Royce Hall was born in November 1923 in Emanuel County, Georgia. He was the youngest of seven children. During the...
Metcalf, James Navy Training
James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...
Brown, Louis New Orleans Boy in the Army Air Corps
Louis J. Brown, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1925. His father was a welder by trade and stayed...
Townsend, Joseph Newspaper Routes
Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two...
McCalla, Anna Nursing School
Anna McCalla Noren was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1921. She grew up on a farm with her parents and four siblings...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Nursing School and Deaths
Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...
McGovern, Robert Occupation and Postwar Life
Robert E. McGovern was never in any combat while he was in the Philippines because he arrived soon after World War 2...
Hadjinian, Samuel Off to the Pacific
Samuel Hadjinian was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in 1942 and worked for a year as a stock...
Barber, Clyde On the Farm to PBY Mechanic
Clyde Barber was born in May 1924 in Drennan, Colorado. Each of his five brothers and one sister were born in different...
Hollis, Frederick Onset of War
In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Overseas Deployment
When Elizabeth Gibbens completed basic training, she was sent to Camp Shanks, New York. She found it exciting to get...
Velfling, Jacob Overseas in the Pacific and War's End
Upon arrival in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in June 1945, Jacob Velfling, Jr. and the rest of his...
Swarts, John Overview of Service in World War 2
John Stanley Lee Swarts was born and raised in Wright City, Missouri in February 1925. He had a brother and three...
Bates, Rex Pacific West Upbringing
Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...
Hamilton, George Patriotic Citizen to Navy Training
George Hamilton was born in April 1922 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Hamilton lived in five states before he was six years...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Pearl Harbor and Joining the Marines
During World War 1, Archibald Rackerby's mother worked for the Navy as a clerk. Her father worked for the Government...
McWilliams, Donald Pearl Harbor to the Marines
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was in high school in 1941 in Ozona [Annotator's Note: Ozona, Texas]. They were shocked [...
Rondinelli, Ricardo Pilot Training
Ricardo R. Rondinelli was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Abadie, Melvin Plantation to US Navy
Melvin Abadie was born on the Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana in June 1925. He spent the first eight years...
Walter, Robert Playing ball and seeing the country
Robert Walter had 40 men under him during the Battle of the Bulge. He never had a problem with that. While he was in...
Bird, Lyle Playing in a Band
Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...
Bala, Walter Polish Boy to Airman
Walter Bala was born Walter Baloski in September 1923 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were Polish...
Blatnik, Robert Poor Boy to Army Man
Robert Joseph Blatnik was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1920. He was the fifth of sixth children with two...
Clark, Earl Poor Chicago Boy to Mountaineer
Earl Ervin Clark was born in July 1919 in Londonderry, Vermont. He grew up during the Great Depression and struggled...
Aalders, Johannes Post Liberation and War
After his hometown [Annotator's Note: Apeldoorn, Netherlands] was liberated [Annotator's Note: on 17 April 1945],...
Grapes, Opal Postwar
Opal Grapes returned to the United States to study tropical medicine. She spent several months at Camp Siebert, Alabama...
Bianconi, Anthony Postwar
Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] was...
Fontana, Frank Postwar
Frank Fontana and his battalion [Annotator's Note: 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion] had to turn in all their...
Dyson, Freeman Postwar Attitudes
Freeman Dyson observed a strong sense of tragedy within Europeans during the postwar years. Its genesis was from World...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Postwar Life and Reflections
Joseph Mittelsdorf used the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...
Hull, Lester Postwar Life and Reflections
Lester Hull used the GI Bill after he was discharged and returned to the University of Connecticut. He and his wife had...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Postwar Life and Thoughts on War
Jennie Rosenzweig dreads what is going on Iraq [Annotator's Note: Iraq War, 2003 to 2011]. We do not belong there. Wars...
Cahoon, Robert Postwar, Strategic Air Command, and Reflections
After being discharged, Robert Cahoon returned to Pickens, Mississippi. He did not have a difficult time readjusting to...

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