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Dawson, Zhanna Entertaining the Wehrmacht
Zhanna Dawson worked with a tuner to tune the orphanage piano [Annotator's Note: because of her playing talent, Dawson...
Baham, Marietta Entertaining Troops and Meeting Celebrities
Marietta Baham met Omar Bradley [Annotator's Note: US Army General Omar Bradley], who was meeting a colonel at Jackson...
Reynolds, Holly Entertainment in England, Getting Married and Divorced, and Caring for Animals
The Red Cross members in London tried to talk Holly Reynolds out of getting married overseas but there was a group of...
Achee, Lorraine Entertainment, Education and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Lorraine Achee's father had died when they were very young. Her mother would mention the pending war news once in a...
Sherman, Joyce Entertainment, Native Populations and Food
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks the interviewee what the military nurses did for socializing during their war...
Whitaker, Fred Entrance into Service
Fred Whitaker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His family lived in a working-class community. His maternal...
Ramsey, Frank Entrance into Service
Frank Ramsey was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in March 1925. His father worked in real...
White, Charles Entrance into Service
Charles White was born in 1924 in Coraopolis [Annotator’s Note: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]. He served from 1941 to 1945...
Jenkins, Frederick Entrance into Service
Frederick Jenkins thought it was hard to get organized. He had a school teacher as his company commander during boot...
Reilly, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Dean Reilly had a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military service] because he was working for a...
Linscott, Jack Entrance into Service
Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...
Barnes, Otis Entrance into Service
Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...
Laughlin, Alexander Entrance into Service
Alexander Laughlin went out west in the summer times. His mother thought he had asthma. He went to St. Paul’s for four...
Wingo, Hugh Entrance into Service
Hugh Wingo was born in August 1918 in South Carolina. When he was 13 years old, they moved to North Carolina. He lived...
Rice, Rip Entrance into Service
Rip Rice was born in New York City, New York in April 1924. His family was in the restaurant business in lower...
Donovan, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...
Howard, William Entrance into Service
William Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921. He lived in Fort Worth until he was 11 years old then they moved...
Offenbacher, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...
Waldman, Leon Entrance into Service
Leon Waldman enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman talks about different high schools...
Townsend, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...
Solomon, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert M. Solomon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in July 1920. His father was an inspector and they moved to...
Dawson, David Entrance into Service
David Dawson was born in October 1924 in Tampa, Florida. They moved to Gary, Indiana when he was two years old. His...
Daley, Chris Entrance into Service
Chris Daley was born in October 1923 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He grew up in a small town. His father owned a wholesale...
Maynard, Joe Entrance into Service
Joseph “Joe” Maynard went to Jacksonville, Florida for aviation school for three months. When he finished school, he...
Kays, George Entrance into Service
George Kays was born in July 1915 on a farm outside of Cambridge, Ohio. He went to school in a two-room school. In 1929...
Heim, Henry Entrance into Service
Henry Heim was 17 years old when he went to work in the mine with his father. He shoveled coal into a buggy. His father...
Patton, Grant Entrance into Service
Grant Patton had an amateur radio license. He joined the Naval Reserve Radio Network. He volunteered as a Navy radioman...
Craig, James Entrance into Service
James Craig was born in August 1918 in Tennessee. His father worked for the Beaver Brothers. He did a lot of hauling...
Sledge, Nevin Entrance into Service
Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...
Clark, Merrill Entrance into Service
Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Cravens, Rudy Entrance into Service
Rudy Cravens was born in Tennessee in February 1918. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Geiger, John Entrance into Service
John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...
Britt, James Entrance into Service
James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...
Asher, Adolph Entrance into Service
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Boeke, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
Molen, Herman Entrance into Service
Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...

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