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Mason, Leslie Prewar Life to Drafted
Leslie B. Mason, Junior was born in 1926 in Montevideo, Minnesota. He did not stay there long. His father worked as a...
Raquepau, John Prewar Life to Enlistment
John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Prewar Life to Enlistment
Sara "Sally" Manning was born on 12 June 1925 in the small town of Lock Haven in Pennsylvania. Lock Haven was home to...
Loges, Richard Prewar Life to Military Service
Richard "Dick" Loges was born in January 1921 in in Dayton, Ohio [Annotator's Note: Interviewer pauses interview at 0:...
Masters, Robert Prewar Life to Navy
Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...
Kerr, Richard Prewar Life to Navy Training
Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...
Hill, Jennings Prewar Life to North Africa
Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. was born in [Annotator's Note: unintelligible], West Virginia in 1924. Growing up during the...
Heneghan, James Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Doctor James B. Heneghan grew up in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He was born in La Porte, Indiana in...
Cummings, Mary Prewar Life to the WAVES
Mary Cummings was born in Dunkirk, New York in April 1921. It was the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Daniel, Lora Prewar Life to Union Carbide
Lora E. Daniel was born August 1917 in Florence, Alabama. She was the youngest of five children. They farmed and she...
Rippin, Elsie Prewar Life to WAVES
Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...
Foster, Myrtle Prewar Life to WAVES
Mrs. P.A. "Tippy" Foster was born in December 1920 in Kaufman, Texas. She grew up in East Texas as one of seven...
Ngai, Johnny Prewar to Africa
Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...
Fronk, Wesley Prewar to Drafted
Wesley Fronk was born in August 1922 in Jardine, Montana. His father was a homesteader. He grew up on the homestead. He...
Rizzo, James Prewar to Military Training
James N. Rizzo enlisted in the Air Force and served for 22 months. After attending basic training at Keesler Field,...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Prewar to Rosie
Helen Kushnir was born in February 1926 in Dearborn, Michigan and has been there all of her life. She had three sisters...
O'Rorke, James Prison Slave Labor
James Richard O'Rorke worked in the factory [Annotator's Note: in a steel mill in Ōsaka, Japan as a prisoner of war]...
O'Rorke, James Prisoner in Japan
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the American officers at Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note:...
Rankart, Marie Producing Planes and the Production Line
[Annotator's Note: From December 1940 until 1949, Marie Rankart worked for the General Motors Company facility in...
Arrow, Kenneth Racial Segregation and Wartime Production
Dr. Kenneth Arrow witnessed racial discrimination in the South during his service in the United States Army Air Forces...
Brown, Roscoe Racism in the South and Overseas Deployment
Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...
Popham, Donald Rationing, Recreation and Restrictions
After Donald Popham married and moved out of the boarding house, he found it difficult to find cigarettes because of...
Langsam, Dora Ravensbruck Concentration Camp and Folke Bernadotte
Dora Langsam arrived at the camp [Annotator's Note: Ravensbrück concentration camp; the largest concentration camp for...
Constein, Carl Ready to Join
Carl Constein was born in August 1920 in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. He grew up with an older brother and an older sister...
Upham, Peggy Recruited by the Curtis Wright Corporation
Peggy Upham was in an accelerated program [Annotator's Note: in the Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes at Purdue...
Tinker, June Reflections
June Tinker met her husband when she was 16 years old. He was a neighbor near the water pump where Tinker had to draw...
Rendelman, Ed Reflections
Ed Rendelman grew up fast as a result of his participation in World War II. He discovered a lot of things he never...
Strunk, Chester Reflections
Chester Strunk views The National WWII Museum as a valuable asset to teach people about the sacrifices made not only by...
Lenhard, Phyllis "Phyllis Gill" Reflections
It is important, according to Phyllis Lenhard, for institutions like The National WWII Museum to teach future...
Ratcliff, Henry Reflections
Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...
Linett, Joseph Reflections
At the end of World War 2, Joseph Linett was a Third Class Petty Office, an Electronics Technician's Mate (ETM3c)....
Blackwell, David Reflections
David McKinley Blackwell never saw combat during his deployment. His unit [Annotator's Note: 30th Evacuation Hospital]...
Johnson, John Reflections
John S. Johnson has positive feelings toward the Japanese only on a selective basis. The National WWII Museum, as well...
Peterson, Cleveland Reflections
Cleveland Peterson's most memorable experience was being close to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. During the...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" Reflections
Dawn Higgins Murphy feels that her father [Annotator's Note: Murphy was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Higgins, the...
Istre, Adam Reflections
Adam Istre said his time in the Navy was great. He feels he's Navy through and through. Prior to his service, Istre had...

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