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T. Toby Kafka does not remember interacting with African Americans [Annotator's Note: while enlisted in the Women's...

Janice Evenson wanted to go back to college. When she returned home, the high school asked her to teach math. Then a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...

Sara "Sally" Manning's life would have been completely different had she not volunteered for the Navy. It gave her the...

One night, Lois Meyer was coming back on base at Parris Island and was wondering where her husband was. There had been...

Delano Brister witnessed the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941. The operations took up much of central Louisiana including...

John “Johnny” Pesky volunteered for the Navy because he did not want to be drafted. He got into a program where he was...

Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...

Richmond Hamilton describes squadron life as his first exposure to an integrated unit where he had real...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist 's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] thought...

After completing her course work, Betty Masket went home for a couple of weeks. She then went to the plant [Annotator's...

Even though she was young, Marie Rankart paid attention to world events. At the time, young people had more of an...

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