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Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. She...

David Klinepeter worked Monday through Friday and had the weekends and evenings off. He rarely had to pull watch duty....

Frederick Hollis contributed to the war effort through scrap drives held in Detroit. At the collection points, snow...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John McCarthy if they ever forced any German submarines, or u-boats, to surface...

Henry "Buck" Weaver was born in July 1920 in Blackview, South Carolina. His father worked for the telephone company and...

The 2nd Infantry Division came back from fighting in Europe in the latter part of 1945. They went to Camp Swift, Texas...

Eugene J. Gemperline was sent to Buckley [Annotator's Note: then Buckley Field, now Buckley Space Force Base, in Aurora...

John F. Ward was very excited to find out that his commanding officer at San Angelo Airfield [Annotator's Note: San...

Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps or WAC; women's branch of the Army from 1942...

Louis J. Brown, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1925. His father was a welder by trade and stayed...

William B. Hughes was sent to Merchant Marine boot camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Afterward, he went to New Orleans...

Ralph Gay picked the Air Corps because it was easy to work. Once when flying by Shanghai [Annotator’s Note: Shanghai,...

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