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Scully, William Losing both Parents
William Scully [Annotator’s Note: born in London, England in 1922; immigrated to the United States with his American...
Wronka, Gretchen Loss of a Husband and Father
Gretchen Wronka was born in January 1944. Her parents were born in a farming area of Iowa. While her mother was in...
Morvant, Norris Louisiana Boy
Norris Morvant was born in February 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana and grew up on plantations in nearby L’Abadieville and...
Moret, Calvin Love of Flying
Calvin Moret became interested in flying when he was about eight years old. Before the war started, he found himself...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Jones, Johnnie Lumber Yard Worker to Southern University
Children only went to school for three months each year. After he finished school, Johnnie A. Jones, Senior's brother,...
Cohen, Jack Making a Better World
Jack Cohen had a speaking engagement at a school, and a child asked him what was the important thing that kept him...
Edward, Isaac Mardi Gras Indian
Isaac Edward was a Mardi Gras Indian in New Orleans, Louisiana. He became one in 1932. He masked [Annotator's Note:...
Fogg, Floyd Marine Brotherhood
Revisiting the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, Floyd Fogg said he signed up before he finished high school...
Curley, Walter Marine Corps Officer Training
In his second year at Yale [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut], Walter Joseph Patrick Curley...
Snyder, Kenneth Marine Training to the Marshall Islands
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. got his orders in May 1943. [Annotator's Note: Someone off-camera interrupts Snyder.] Snyder had...
Lux, Gerald Married Life
Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...
Lux, Gerald Married Life, Part 2
[Annotator’s Note: This segment is a duplicate of the previous segment entitled “Married Life.”] Gerald Wayne Lux met...
Williams, Bernice Marrying a Marine
Bernice Williams chose the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Women's Reserve] because she did not want...
Cowan, John Maturing to ROTC
John L. Cowan did not know or care what a Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic...
Angst, Lawrence Medical Training and Deployment to England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lawrence Angst where he was when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on...
Fienup, Victor Meeting Lindbergh to Enlisting
[Annotator's Note: This interview clip begins with Victor Fienup in conversation with the interviewer regarding the...
Buschmeier, Frank Member of the Army Air Corps
Frank William Buschmeier served with the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force during...
Wilson, Paul Memorable Moments
Paul Wilson is amazed that some men survived the war. The training they went through did not help them. The real heroes...
Lindsey, James Merchant Marines
James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...
Cushman, Gene Military Child
Gene M. Cushman was born in 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up with an older brother. His father, a career...
Beal, Marion Military Life
It was raining one day on base [Annotator's Note: Camp Montford Point, Jacksonville, North Carolina]. Their mattresses...
Henry, Frederick Military Policeman at Tuskegee
Frederick Henry's [Annotator's Note: a Military Police officer in the US Army, stationed at Tuskegee, Alabama] job...
McKnight, Harry Military Service
Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...
Weaver, Henry Military Training
Henry "Buck" Weaver was born in July 1920 in Blackview, South Carolina. His father worked for the telephone company and...
Asher, Adolph Military Training
Adolph Edward Asher's [Annotator's Note: with the 45th Infantry Division] ship was sunk by a U-boat [Annotator's Note:...
Simon, Albert Military Training
Albert Simon went to school until to the seventh grade. He had to go to work on the farm in the third grade. He had to...
Cummings, Mary Military Training on the Beach
Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...
Cook, Edward Military Training to the Bulge
After graduating high school at 17 years old, Edward J. Cook found work with the New York Life Insurance Company as a...
White, Dee Military-Minded Boy
Dee Wayne White was born in September 1929 in Chester, Idaho. At age eight, his parents divorced, and he moved with his...
Pearce, Milton Mississippi Boy to Army Man
[Annotator’s Note: It is very difficult to hear the interviewer throughout this segment.] Milton Pearce was born in...
Pickens, Olin Mississippi Boy to Army Trainee
Olin Pickens was born in December 1921 near Dumas, Mississippi in the small village of Locum. His father worked as a...
Chamblin, Loyd Mississippi Boy to Aviator Trainee
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr., was born in Sumner, Mississippi in July 1924. He lived in a rural community with lots of...
Lodholz, Warren Missouri Boy to G.I.
Warren Leo Lodholz was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri in November 1920. He grew up with four older brothers. His father...
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...
Bishop, Jacqueline Moving to Panama
Jacqueline Bishop was born in March 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was an electrician. During the Depression [...

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