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World War 2 changed Richard Willett's life by making it possible for him to go to college. He learned how to discipline...

The experience of seeing the kids wanting American candy, and the subsequent revelation of the ship that had passed...

Snapp met some of the women in the First Air Force class, some were astronauts. They had a tough time as well. Snapp's...

Lorraine Doroff drove for the War Department [Annotator's Note: as a member of the Women's Army Corps; women's branch...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

Dora Langsam arrived at the camp [Annotator's Note: Ravensbrück concentration camp; the largest concentration camp for...

Marigold McNeely knew that she could be drafted into the service at age 18 whether she was married or not. That was the...

Bernice Haydu was born in December 1920 in Bradley Beach, New Jersey. When she was still a toddler, the family moved to...

Walter Halloran was excited to see the Russians arriving to liberate his and his fellow prisoners of war. The Soviets...

Rosamund Naylor was at home listening to the radio when she heard the speech about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Day...

Helmi McHardy thinks it is important for young women to know what she did. It should be the man and woman working...

Frank Maresca shipped out from the 54th Street Pier in Brooklyn aboard His Majesty's Ship Franconia, a converted luxury...

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