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World War 2

Click on Veteran's photo to see their service story. These Warriors served during the World War 2.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I donate?

I have created a way to accept donations to grow the project, use the WWII Veterans Portrait Series Go Fund Me.

Where are you located?

I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.


How Long is an Appointment?

Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

Do you accept reservations?

Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

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US Marine Corps SGT World War 2 Roberta “Randy” Jane Randolph Tidmore was born on March 19, 1922, and enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 4th, 1944, serving until July 1946. She rose to the rank of Sergeant (SGT) by the end of her enlistment. Before serving on active duty, Randy was a Rosie the Riveter, contributing to the war effort at the JI Case/Emerson Plant in Rockford, Illinois. Randy lived with other Rosies in the Shipley home in Rockford and worked the swing shift making B-26 Marauder wing leading edge assemblies. She worked as a sheet metal worker in her standard coveralls for six months but felt she could contribute more to the war effort by enlisting. Randy and her friend Imogene (Mo) enlisted when the Marine Corps allowed women to enlist. They joined the Marines at the Chicago recruitment office, traveling with a friend, and boarded a troop train bound for boot camp in North Carolina. Private Tidmore attended Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for six weeks in an all-female Marine boot camp. Randy next reported to motor transport school at Camp Lejeune for 30 days and then Auto Mechanics School, where she learned to drive everything from Staff Cars to a 2 1/2 (Duce and a Half) utility truck. After graduation from transport school, she was assigned to her first posting at a transportation unit in Quantico, serving as a staff car driver. She drove a little Woodie, Chrysler Windsor Town & Country, taking officers to meetings in DC. She was soon tired of this duty and asked for a truck assignment, and she was offered the Garbage truck. She and two male service members drove around the base officer's housing, picking up GI trash cans for the dump. She then lost her driver's license in an incident and served many extra duties before being allowed to transfer to San Diego. She again met up with Mo in San Diego, and both drove trucks at the USMC base in San Diego, today, the Marine Recruit Depot. The war was over, and she drove her truck from the Naval base, where the returning service members loaded their baggage into her truck before loading a bus to be taken back to the base or Camp Eliot today Camp Pendleton for demobilization. To extend her service, She and Mo volunteered to report to San Fransisco to the 3rd and Towson depot. They made train reservations home for service members returning from Pacific Operation. Both were promoted to Sergeant and lived down the street from the train depot in a hotel. This job posting lasted for about six months. After its completion, she reported to the USMC office and was discharged from active duty. After her service, Randy worked for United Airlines as a flight attendant for many years.
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Randy Tidemore - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
US Marine Corps SGT World War 2 Roberta “Randy” Jane Randolph Tidmore was born on March 19, 1922, and enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 4th, 1944, serving until July 1946. She rose to the rank of Sergeant (SGT) by the end of her enlistment. Before serving on active duty, Randy was a Rosie the Riveter, contributing to the war effort at the JI Case/Emerson Plant in Rockford, Illinois. Randy lived with other Rosies in the Shipley home in Rockford and worked the swing shift making B-26 Marauder wing leading edge assemblies. She worked as a sheet metal worker in her standard coveralls for six months but felt she could contribute more to the war effort by enlisting. Randy and her friend Imogene (Mo) enlisted when the Marine Corps allowed women to enlist. They joined the Marines at the Chicago recruitment office, traveling with a friend, and boarded a troop train bound for boot camp in North Carolina. Private Tidmore attended Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for six weeks in an all-female Marine boot camp. Randy next reported to motor transport school at Camp Lejeune for 30 days and then Auto Mechanics School, where she learned to drive everything from Staff Cars to a 2 1/2 (Duce and a Half) utility truck. After graduation from transport school, she was assigned to her first posting at a transportation unit in Quantico, serving as a staff car driver. She drove a little Woodie, Chrysler Windsor Town & Country, taking officers to meetings in DC. She was soon tired of this duty and asked for a truck assignment, and she was offered the Garbage truck. She and two male service members drove around the base officer's housing, picking up GI trash cans for the dump. She then lost her driver's license in an incident and served many extra duties before being allowed to transfer to San Diego. She again met up with Mo in San Diego, and both drove trucks at the USMC base in San Diego, today, the Marine Recruit Depot. The war was over, and she drove her truck from the Naval base, where the returning service members loaded their baggage into her truck before loading a bus to be taken back to the base or Camp Eliot today Camp Pendleton for demobilization. To extend her service, She and Mo volunteered to report to San Fransisco to the 3rd and Towson depot. They made train reservations home for service members returning from Pacific Operation. Both were promoted to Sergeant and lived down the street from the train depot in a hotel. This job posting lasted for about six months. After its completion, she reported to the USMC office and was discharged from active duty. After her service, Randy worked for United Airlines as a flight attendant for many years.