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Burk, Jeannine A Family Reunited
Jeannine Burk was liberated in 1944. Her mother retrieved her and brought her home. [Annotator's Note: Burk, a Jewish...
Gillette, Thomas A Kid in Hawaii
Thomas W. Gillette moved from Bath, Maine to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: in 1940 to live with his sister, Lydia Grant...
Heming, Barbara A Rich and Wonderful Life
Barbara Heming obtained her MBA and got a job in wealth management on Wall Street. The bank she worked for is one of...
Swinney, Lauren Acting and Meeing Famous People
Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...
Baldori, Robert Army Band
John Baldori in Newburg, Pennsylvania in February 1920. He grew up with four older sisters and two younger brothers....
Purvis, Frank Attack on Pearl Harbor
Frank Purvis volunteered before Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Boggs, Marie "Lindy Boggs" Attitudes during the war
[Annotator's Note: Corrine Boggs, also known as Lindy, was the wife of Congressman Hale Boggs then later took his...
Levy, Stanley Becoming a Cryptographer
On 7 December 1941, Stanley "Stan" Levy was sitting on the floor of the family home reading the newspaper and listening...
Brown, Grace "Grace Janota" Becoming a Machinist
Grace Brown was at her sister's home when she heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Wheeler, James Becoming a Marine
James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Becoming a Marine
Joseph Mittelsdorf thought the Marine Corps was intense. They taught everyone learn how to follow orders. The training...
Tarkington, Frank Becoming a Radioman
Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] got a message from the Naval Air Station [Annotator's...
Wade, Nelsyn Becoming a Sailor
Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] to join an accelerated Navy officer...
Befera, Victor Becoming a Sailor and War's End
Victor Befera learned of and passed the V-12 [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to 1946]...
Kanter, Joseph Becoming a Soldier
Joseph Kanter was of age for military service and had been in the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training...
Lafferty, Ralph Becoming a Soldier
The first friends Ralph F. Lafferty made were enlisted men. All of the men were skiers. When he was finished training...
Lehigh, David Becoming an Airman
David L. Lehigh was born in December 1924 in York County [Annotator's Note: York County, Pennsylvania]. He grew up in...
Anderson, Howard Becoming an Airman
Howard Anderson was born in December 1922 in North Dakota. He grew up on a farm. His father was a farmer. The family...
Snyder, John Before the War and Becoming Sailor
John W. Snyder was born in March 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up, Snyder's family was poor. However, because...
Henry, Margaret Being a Journalist
Margaret Brewer Henry is from Atlanta, Georgia. She double majored in Spanish and Journalism when she was in college....
Tanner, Theodore Being Deployed
While waiting for an assignment, Theodore Robert Tanner and the other pilots of his group were called to meetings twice...
Greenup, Rena Betrayal and Survival
In addition to what Rena Greenup could provide her mother, who knew how to tell fortunes, traded her services from her...
Alexander, Samson Black Servicemen
Reading, writing, and arithmetic were important to black people when Samson Alexander was growing up. They knew they...
Levine, Arthur Boy to Soldier
Arthur Levine was born in June 1922 in Saint Louis, Missouri with two younger half-brothers and one younger half-sister...
Tinker, June Brothers at War
June Tinker's mother started worrying about the impact of the war on her sons soon after Pearl Harbor. Tinker's two...
Swinney, Lauren Celebrating with Famous Personalities
[Annotator's Note: Lauren Swinney was a student at Northwestern University and worked as an entertainer for troops...
Kerry, Margaret Changing Her Name
Margaret Kerry's parents got chickens. They lived in Windsor, a little town outside of Los Angeles [Annotator's Note:...
McDonald, Robert Chemical Warfare School to Overseas Deployment
Robert W. McDonald went to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey] for...
Weber, Norman Childhood and Air Raids in Berlin
Due to his father’s employment, Norman Weber and his family moved to Berlin. [Annotator’s Note: the family had lived in...
Noe, Leanne Childhood in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...
Dumas, Floyd Close Encounters with the Germans
Floyd Dumas had been in hiding in Italy for five months. One close encounter Dumas had with German soldiers was when he...
Holmes, Capers Combat and Reflections
The only time Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr.'s base was attacked was when a group of German fighters followed Holmes' bomb...
Werner, Jack Concepts of America
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Werner what in his childhood in Austria made him what he is today and...
Mesken, Lorraine Contributing to the War Effort
Lorraine Mesken said people were eager to participate in victory gardens and bond drives. They felt it was their duty....
Swinney, Lauren Dances, Mixers and Entertaining Troops
Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...
Maduell, Audrey Dancing for Soldiers
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Audrey Maduell already in conversation.] The Victory Belles was a personal...

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