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Shaw, Claude Life in the Navy
After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...
Woodham, Greg Life in the Philippines
Greg Woodham was born in Baguio, the Philippines in September 1937. In 1931, his mother had accepted a position to...
Block, Louis Life in the Service
Louis Block had to serve KP [Annotator's Note: kitchen patrol or kitchen police] duty for 30 days when he got to Hawaii...
Cohen, Jack Life in the United States
Jack Cohen finished high school and his father wanted him to study cosmetic chemistry in order to take over the family...
Long, Catherine Life in the WAVES
Catherine Long lived in a barracks with four other WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Life in Vienna
The Austrians registered Ivan Bodis-Wollner and others and put them in a dormitory. They were later moved into a posh...
Fitzmorris, James Life in Wartime New Orleans
James Fitzmorris was stationed at Camp Plauche [Annotator's Note: also known as Camp Harahan, Jefferson Parish,...
Halberg, Norma Life of a WASP
Just before she went into the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots], Norma Halberg and another girl,...
Somogyi, Peter Life of Freedom
While a member of the Kibbutz [Annotator's Note: Kibbutz Matzuva in Israel], Peter Somogyi spent half a day working and...
Bucher, Francis Life on Adak
The war came along. Francis Bucher remembers first hearing that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Buckner, Jack Life on Base
Jack Buckner says the biggest problem with Army life is the boredom. They played baseball and card games. On a day off...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Earles, John Life on Base in California
When he was at the Coronado, California base, John Earles said he experienced a lot of good USO [Annotator's Note:...
Bayuk, Rose Life on Board the Medical Ship
A regular day for Rose Bayuk "going over" on the hospital ship [Annotator's Note: USAHS Thistle] consisted of setting...
Gilmore, Selwyn Life on Guam
[Annotator's Note: Selwyn Gilmore served in the United States Army Air Forces as a ground crew armorer in the 52nd...
Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...
Heuer, Frank Life on Tarawa
In the fall of 1944, Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll...
Hamilton, Richard Life on the Farm
Richard Henry Hamilton was born in September 1922 in Brattleboro, Vermont with three brothers and one sister. His...
Rankart, Marie Life on the Home Front
Marie Rankart did not smoke but her sister did. Her sister would ask her to get her cigarettes when she came across...
Warner, George Life on the Home Front
George Warner was told that blackouts were enforced because there might be enemy airplanes in the vicinity, although he...
Suter, Martin Life Overseas
While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...
Cook, Harold Life Overview
Harold C. Cook was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. His father produced milk and ice cream on his dairy farm. Cook...
Berman, Stanley Life Stationed Overseas
Stanley Berman's [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] daily routine overseas was waking up, going to wash up in...
Joffray, Henry Life Story Summary
Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...
Nathanson, Eva Life Under Communist Rule
During the Soviet era, there was not much food, so they did not keep kosher diets. They had to go to the grocery store...
Lee, James Life Under Martial Law
James Lee says censorship was the worst thing about martial law [Annotator's Note: after the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Bolster, Elisabeth Life Under the Nazis
Elisabeth Bolster would visit with her father every weekend [Annotator's Note: her father was forced to remain in...
Joyce, Josefine Life with John Joyce
Josefine “Piepsi” Joyce lived with him [Annotator’s Note: she is referring to her husband, John Joyce, whom she met in...
Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...
Reissig, Floyd J. Lingayen Gulf
Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...
Klein, Gerda Liquidating the Ghetto
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, a young Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation of Poland, can be very difficult to...
McAuliffe, Edwin Listening to the BBC
Edwin McAuliffe was more interested in the war in Europe. He was also interested in the air war in England because his...
Gillette, Thomas Living at Puget Sound Shipyard
At Puget Sound [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, near Bremerton, Washington], Thomas W....
Warne, Thomas Living at the Del Monte Plantation
Thomas E. Warne was born in August 1930 on the dining room table of his parents' home on the Del Monte Plantation in...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Living in America versus Europe
Alfons Robert Kleindienst had an uncle who was a Boy Scout [Annotator's Note: Boy Scouts of America youth organization...
Sawada, Lily Living in Chicago
Lily Sawada had a very innovative father. He determined that it was time to leave [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese-...

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