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Daniel, Lora The War Ends
Lora E. Daniel read a lot about the celebrations of V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and V...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" The War Ends
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto's husband was aboard ship when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Doroff, Lorraine The War Ends
When the war ended, Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the...
Elliott, Calvin The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...
Hillard, Frank The War Ends
Frank Hilliard [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Air Force] enjoyed his stay at Ardmore [Annotator's Note: Ardmore,...
Tidmore, Roberta The War Ends
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore, and everybody else, was scared the Nazis were going to take over Europe. When VE-Day...
Hope, Linda The Yellow Ribbon Party
Linda Hope recalls "the Yellow Ribbon Party" which occurred after her father’s last tour when he was 87 years old [...
Bederson, Benjamin Theodore Hall and David Greenglass
While he was at Los Alamos, New Mexico, Benjamin Bederson knew both Ted Hall [Annotator's Note: Theodore "Ted" Hall was...
Thurman, Tom Thoughts on John Ford
The most interesting thing about John Ford [Annotator's Note: later US Navy Rear Admiral John Ford, born John Martin...
Taylor, Amelia Thoughts on the War
The day the war was over is the most memorable for Amelia Taylor. She wanted to serve because her brothers were serving...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Thoughts on the War
Rosemary Ramsey feels that there should be institutions like The National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans...
Bolin, George Thoughts on the World Today
George R. Bolin's father [Annotator's Note: Lodwick Timothy "LT" Bolin] never got involved in politics. He managed the...
Laughlin, Alexander Tommy Hitchcock
Alexander Laughlin heard his stepfather, Tommy Hitchcock [Annotator’s Note: Thomas Hitchcock Jr. was an American polo...
Drake, Betty Training and Assignment
Betty Sue Drake went to paymaster school after basic training and was sent then to Washington [Annotator's Note:...
Taylor, Amelia Training and Life on Base
Amelia Taylor had trained at Bethesda [Annotator's Note: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,...
Nygren, Karl Training and Postwar
Carl Nygren went to training school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [Annotator’s Note: Nygren talks about going out with a...
Evensen, Janice Training and the Link Trainer
Janice Evenson returned home. She got on the railroad and joined a group of women who were going to boot camp. They...
Pedrick, Sam Training Dogs and Handlers
Sam Pedrick [Annotator’s Note: an Army K-9 trainer] fed the dogs he trained in a progressive way varying meat content...
Broussard, Willis Training in the Air Force
Willis Broussard was born in May 1927 in Lafayette, Louisiana. His family had a small farm which he helped work with...
Davis, Edna Training in the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis served with the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs.] Everybody liked the AT-6 [...
Bartley, Irene Training to be a WAC
Irene Bartley was born in December 1923 in Seattle [Annotator’s Note: Seattle, Washington]. She and her twin sister...
Shimp, Marcella Treating Returning Wounded
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist 's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] thought...
Bartley, Irene Treating Soldiers
Irene Bartley and her twin sister, Jean, joined the WACs [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the...
Lotter, Jean Treating the Wounded
After Jean Lotter finished her WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the United States Army,...
Leisey, Mary "Mary Abbott" Treating the Wounded and Learning to be a Nurse
Mary Leisey saw a lot of leg injuries to go with a lot of men in full body casts. She thought they were fun to be...
Reynolds, Florence G. Treatment of WASPs
Florence Reynolds finished training on 6 June 1944. Afterwards, she was stationed in California. She was allowed to...
Brown, Robert Trinity Test Success
Leading up to the test [Annotator's Note: Trinity test, code name for the first detonation of a nuclear device, 16 July...
Moret, Calvin Tuskegee Airmen Training
Calvin Moret did not keep track of his comrades in Europe during his training. Each class was a standalone class. The...
Moret, Calvin Tuskegee Training
Calvin Moret saw about half of his Tuskegee flight class dropout of training. That was about on par with that of the...
Stewart, Frank Understanding the War from the Homefront
The newspaper was a critical source of information. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.'s parents would read it to him until he could...
Wiswell, George Underwater Ship Repairs
George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...
Arrow, Kenneth University
Dr. Kenneth Arrow applied for Columbia University at 15 years old. The minimum age of acceptance was 16 years old....
Clancey, Michael Unpopularity of the Vietnam War
Michael Clancey felt anger about the ambushes carried out on American convoys [Annotator's Note: in Vietnam during the...
McAuliffe, Edwin Untitled Event
Edwin McAuliffe recalls everyone being involved in the shipping industry in New Orleans at that time. He would go with...
Kruse, Shirley Ups and Downs of WASP Training
Shirley Chase Kruse loved flying the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet primary trainer...
Winslow, Lawson US Navy Service
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior completed the program [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...

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