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Reuben Griffin: "One of MacArthur's men"

Reuben Griffin describes the benefits of serving as a typist for General Robert Eichelberger who commanded the Eighth Army in the Pacific during World War II.

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Reuben Griffin: Troop Train

Reuben Griffin describes the difficulty of keeping up with enlisted men after his return to the United States.

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Reuben Griffin: "Hey boy, when'd you get home?"

Reuben Griffin recalls how he got a job with an insurance company, making $50 a week, the day after he returned home from war (LANGUAGE ADVISORY).

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Reuben Griffin: Japanese Officers' Quarters

Reuben Griffin describes how he and his fellow officers occupied barracks formerly used by Japanese military personnel.

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Reuben Griffin: "Sentimental Journey"

Reuben Griffin describes his ship's departure from San Francisco, when he and and his fellow soldiers believed they were destined for an invasion of mainland Japan.

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Reuben Griffin: Newborn Daughter

Reuben Griffin describes the birth of his first child while he was completing his army training at Camp Blanding in Florida.

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Reuben Griffin: "Halfway to the sky"

Reuben Griffin describes why he ultimately rejected the opportunity to become a paratrooper while training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia.

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Reuben Griffin: "I never got inside a tank."

Reuben Griffin describes his basic training at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

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Reuben Griffin: Fort Knox

Reuben Griffin explains why his wife joined him and took a job at a post exchange or PX, when he traveled to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for basic training in the U.S. Army.

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Reuben Griffin: Deferred from the Draft

Reuben Griffin describes how he was initially deferred from the draft because of his work as a farmer producing food to feed the troops.

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Reuben Griffin: Curb Market

Reuben Griffin describes how his parents took fresh produce from their farm to sell in Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s.

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Reuben Griffin: Rural Electrification

Reuben Griffin recalls how his family home was electrified, after President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration.

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Reuben Griffin: "Put it on the book."

Reuben Griffin recalls how people paid bills at the only store in his hometown during the Depression.

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Reuben Griffin: "Just plain old dirt farmers"

Reuben Griffin describes his father's work in rural southwest Georgia in the 1930s.

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Reuben Griffin: A Better Job in Florida

Reuben Griffin recalls his parents' reasons for moving the family from Georgia to Florida in the 1920s.

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