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Thomas Crosby had bad asthma as a child, so while he was living in the internment camp, he slept in a bed by the window...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...

After joining the Coast Guard [Annotator’s Note: in 1944], Eileen Noll was sent to West Palm Beach [Annotator’s Note:...

George A. Damiano graduated from high school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Boot camp was entirely foreign to Cyril de la Vergne. She had never seen so many dumb women in her life. They did not...

[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator...

Donelson Houseman got a ten day leave and went home. After reporting back, he was assigned to Fort Fisher, North...

Rosemary Elfer does not recall having any real issues while she was in the service. One issue that occurred at the end...

Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps on a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were living...

Anne Levy was in Lodz, Poland in 1939 when the Germans entered the city. Inhabitants thought the men would be arrested...

During World War 2, Rachel Lazarus and her mother were in a concentration camp together. She recalled one day, while...

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