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Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...

Benjamin Bederson's first job at Los Alamos, New Mexico was exploding steel tubes using a primer cord and strain gauges...

John “Johnny” Pesky was born in Portland, Oregon and went off to play baseball rather than going to college. He has a...

Medary G. Boudreaux returned to Higgins at Michoud after his discharge and worked there for two years [Annotator’s Note...

When they were finished building their positions [Annotator's Note: along the beaches of Oahu] Clarence Herbert...

[Annotator's Note: Carolyn Bridgforth and her boyfriend decided to move up their wedding after the Japanese attacked...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...

Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry went to a huge building where she was assigned to a job with Marine Corps headquarters...

Bernice Trotter had graduated high school and she was working for an insurance company. It was a one-woman office....

Constance Negrotto saw a lot during the war that she had never expected to see. She helped the war effort by working...

When he was flying experimental missions, Orrin Welty said he never knew the nature of the business. He describes how...

Lillian Hoover was kept informed of what was going on in the war. Her base [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Technical...

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