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Deryck Cook recalls what his parents did to support the war effort from their home in Exton, England, during World War II.

Deryck Cook recalls his Aunt Joan's experiences being diverted from her job as a hairdresser to work in a munitions factory in England during World War II.

Faye Edwards describes her barracks in Yokohama, Japan, where she served in the Women's Army Corps after the war.

Faye Edwards recounts her experience dating General George Patton's personal driver in Europe.

Faye Edwards describes her work with classified Army documents at Fort Monroe in Virginia.

Faye Edwards recalls interactions with German prisoners of war who were held at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia.

Faye Edwards describes her daily routine at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia, where she was training for the Women's Army Corps.

Faye Edwards recalls going to a Baltimore recruiting station to enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WAC).

Edith Bond describes her first few days at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, which she describes as a "different world altogether" from Washington, D.C.

Joy Mitchell recalls her desire to serve in the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) after the United States entered World War II.

Geraldine Anthony describes her work on a cotton farm in Bartow County, Georgia, in the first years after World War II.

Jean Ousley questions how her mother Laura was treated by a male surpervisor while she was working as a welder in a shipyard in California during World War II.

Jean Ousley describes how items in her mother's "hope chest" suggested an exciting youth in the World War II era.

Jean Ousley explains how she became involved in the American Rosie the Riveter Association through her mother's experience as a home front worker during World War II.

Edith Gray describes how her husband proposed marriage before shipping out to the Pacific.

Edith Gray describes her work at Canton Cotton Mills during World War II.