Life at Big Pasco: La Dona Madison and Michael Madison
La Dona Madison worked at the “Big Pasco” military base in Washington during World War II. It was a busy place with soldiers eveywhere but not just American soldiers. She tells her son, Michael Madison, about some unusual guests at the base.
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