Catherine Spruiell didn’t know what to do with her life. At eighteen, she did not feel that she had the education to attend college. WWII had begun, and the nation was in an upheaval. That is when she found the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). She enrolled, and thus began a journey that would change her […]
Mr. Sam Kimbrough, a World War II army veteran, is a native of Tuscumbia, Alabama, where an interview with him took place on November 16, 2010. In 1943, while living and working in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Kimbrough was about to be drafted into the army. During his examination for the service, it was determined that […]
It was evident in the interview with Mr. Megar that he thoroughly enjoyed his time spent in the navy, despite the hardships that he endured. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but came to North Alabama soon after his high school graduation to work for TVA. Soon after this, in 1941, he enlisted in the […]
Mr. Frank Gruber was a good ole boy from Florence, Alabama. He attended school and helped out on the farm with his father. He served in the army and was drafted before his final year of high school in 1943. This came the same year his elder brother was killed in service as a marine […]
Having just recently returned from Washington D.C. with the Honor Flight of World War II Veterans, Mr. Taylor was very complimentary of the people who were in charge of this memorable day. Richard was born in 1926 and grew up primarily in Oklahoma and Texas. He entered the navy in 1946 after completing a year […]
Samuel Madden was born in 1912; he was one of ten children. His father was a minister and teacher at his childhood school. After graduating high school, Madden went on to work for a government program that existed during this time called the Works Progress Administration, or the WPA. This was one of the vastest […]
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