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Harris, Carroll Becoming a Soldier and the Invasion of Attu
Carroll Harris was born in January 1922 in Rockport, Mississippi and went into the service at 20 years old. After...
Allen, James Becoming a Submariner
James Allen was 16 years old in the spring of 1942 and a junior in high when he decided to join the Navy. In March he...
McGee, Charles Becoming a Tuskegee Airman
Charles McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1919. After third grade he moved to Illinois. He also spent some time in...
Moret, Calvin Becoming a Tuskegee Airman
Calvin Moret volunteered for the Army Air Corps. Following testing, he was accepted on 14 October 1943. He was sent for...
Morse, Ralph Becoming a War Correspondent
Ralph Morse was born in Manhattan in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in October 1917. His father...
Jones, Johnnie Becoming a Warrant Officer
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was drafted in 1942 and went to Camp Claiborne [Annotator’s Note: in Rapides Parish, Louisiana...
McCreery, Jean Becoming a WASP
Jean McCreery flew under her maiden name, Terrell. She was born in Troy, Ohio in 1924 and worked at WACO [Annotator's...
Glass, Helen Becoming a WAVE
Helen Anderson Glass enlisted but could not enter active service until she was investigated by governmental security...
Amram, Fred Becoming American
Fred Amram remembers they were changing peoples’ names to Americanize them in 1939. There was a man with a pad and he...
Manasse, Fred Becoming an Activist
The older victims of the Holocaust had always viewed the displaced children as "refugees," according to Fred Manasse,...
Kirk, James Becoming an Air Force Gunner
James Read Kirk was 17 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Ram, Walter Becoming an Airman
Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...
Rinas, Bruno Becoming an Airman
Bruno S. Rinas discussed joining the service with a younger brother. He joined the military in 1940 at Fort Snelling [...
Gackenbach, Russell Becoming an Airman
Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...
Montgomery, Dabney Becoming an Airman
Dabney Montgomery was inducted into the United States Army Air Corps and sent to Kessler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi...
Boehm, Robert Becoming an Airman
Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...
Sonnier, Lorcey Becoming an Airman
Lorcey J. Sonnier was born in May 1924. During the Great Depression, he did not have shoes. The town did not have roads...
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...
Grant, Edward Becoming an Airman
Edward Donald Grant, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1923. His father worked in the Presbyterian Church. He was...
McMullen, Milton Becoming an Airman
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. was born in January 1921 in Clark County, Mississippi, just south of Meridian. He finished high...
Gibian, Richard Becoming an Airman and Overseas Deployment
Richard Gibian was born in Montgomery, Alabama in October 1919. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Winestone, Ted Becoming an American
Ted Winestone [Annotator's Note: a Polish Jewish refugee] was placed in a DP camp [Annotator's Note: displaced persons...
Goldstein, Rosette Becoming an American
Rosette Goldstein had a fight with another schoolgirl in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France]. They fought because...
Lauderdale, Dell Becoming an Army Military Policeman
Dell Lauderdale went home after completing his service in the Marine Corps. After six months out of the military, he...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Becoming an Army Nurse
Josephine Reeves was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1919. Growing up, Reeves attended the West Catholic...
Vancheri, Edith Becoming an Army Nurse
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise in this interview.] Edith Vancheri was born in February 1923 in...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" Becoming an Army Officer
Donelson Houseman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1923 and grew up there. After graduating high school, he began classes...
Birnbaum, Stanley Becoming an Army Officer
Stanley Jack Birnbaum was born in March 1923 in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He attended Queens...
Addison, Robert Becomming a Marine Raider
Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...
Dietzel, Paul Becomming a Military Pilot
The Army Air Corps had so many people in the system that they had to figure out what to do with them so they created...
Elfer, Rosemary Before the War
Rosemary Elfer was born in Grand Bay, Alabama in 1924 even though all of her ancestors were born in Louisiana....
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...
Edwards, Mary Beginning Employment at Higgins
Mary Edwards began working for the Army at Higgins Industries when she was 16 years old. She had finished high school...
Scales, James Beginning of the War and Leaving Japan
James Shelton Scales was in the Marine Corps when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Henry, Margaret Being a Journalist
Margaret Brewer Henry is from Atlanta, Georgia. She double majored in Spanish and Journalism when she was in college....

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