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Meyer, Henry Coast Guard Duties
Henry T. Meyer despised Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] but did not blame the German people...
McDowell, Bowdre Code Training and Duty in Hawaii
In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944], Bowdre McDowell went to Great Lakes, Illinois [Annotator's Note:...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" College and Boeing Aircraft
Betty Peak had one year of college when the war started. She was 14 in October [Annotator's Note: 1937] and the war...
Belliard, Diana College and the Marshall Plan
During the war years, Diana Belliard was in the United States. She lived in Chicago until 1940 then left to go to...
Johnson, James Combat in Korea
James Johnson remembers the combat was continuous. [Annotator’s Note: He is referring to the Korean War which was...
Haggerty, June Communications Work
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty received messages and sent them upstairs for decoding in the large Dupont office...
Kearney, George Conclusion
It is George Kearney's opinion that the exhibits at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New...
Moret, Calvin Congressional Gold Medal
Calvin Moret and other Tuskegee Airmen were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 in Washington by President...
Ragazzi, Frank Considerations
Frank Ragazzi didn't like the way the Japanese acted or the way they treated prisoners, and he didn't like the Nazi...
Arrow, Kenneth Contingent Market
Dr. Kenneth Arrow explains his ideas on the contingent market concept. Contingent markets could have softened the...
Henry, Frederick Cook Training and Service
Frederick Henry [Annotator's Note: a Military Police officer in the US Army, stationed in Tuskegee, Alabama] was born...
Skinner, Charles Country Boy to Military Training
Charles Brightman Skinner was born in May 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida. He had an older brother who served in World...
Overby, Nita Country Girl to Factory Worker
Nita Fay Overby was born near Manitou, Oklahoma in 1925. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Henry, Margaret Covering MacArthur and Eisenhower
Margaret Brewer Henry attended college from 1945 through 1949. She felt like she was well prepared because her...
Gooch, James Cuban Missile Crisis
James Gooch graduated from school and was sent to Florida to replace a Warrant Officer [Annotator's Note: after...
Wehner, Elizabeth Curtiss-Wright Program for Women
Elizabeth Bedson Wehner went to Purdue [Annotator's Note: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana]. She had to...
Swinney, Lauren Dances, Mixers and Entertaining Troops
Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...
Maduell, Audrey Dancing for Soldiers
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Audrey Maduell already in conversation.] The Victory Belles was a personal...
Morgan, Dorothy "Dorothy Wuestner" Dating Servicemen
Dorothy Wuestner Morgan [Annotator's Note: in the WAVES; Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States...
de la Vergne, Cyril Dating Walter Winchell
Cyril de la Vergne was in the Marine Corps about for two and a half years. It was office work and did not change after...
Drucker, Lillian Deaths and Dating
Lillian Drucker did not have any Gold Star mothers [Annotator's Note: women entitled to display a gold star on a...
Thurman, Tom December 7: The Movie
For Tom Thurman [Annotator's Note: American filmmaker], "December 7" [Annotator's Note: "December 7: The Movie," 1943...
Howie, Alice Decoding Japanese Messages
Alice Howie did not get involved in anything in the war effort other than in Arlington, Virginia. She worked for IBM [...
Moret, Calvin Defeating Segregation
Calvin Moret was born in the first house built on the square. His family would be the only black family in a...
Tinker, June Defense Work
June Tinker's older sister went to Patterson Field, Ohio for defense work training. Tinker went to Charleston, West...
Aupied, Mildred Delta Shipyard Production
Mildred Aupied worked on three Liberty ships at Delta [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...
Clancey, Michael Deployment to Vietnam
Michael Clancey deployed from the United States on Saint Patrick's Day of 1967. His parents lived near Camp Pendleton [...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Desegregating Baptist Hospital
Ora Hicks worked as a nurse for five years at Charity Hospital [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana], from 1936...
Bederson, Benjamin Developing an Atomic Bomb
Benjamin Bederson's first job at Los Alamos, New Mexico was exploding steel tubes using a primer cord and strain gauges...
Steeg, Moise Devising a New Program
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. received his commission and went to Keesler [Annotator's Note: Keesler Field; now Keesler Air Force...
Maduell, Audrey Dinners for Servicemen
Leather was needed for the servicemen's shoes. Audrey Maduell had to have ballet shoes and others. She had to use extra...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Disabled and Rehab
Francis Higgins had a stroke. Prior to that, he fell and broke his hip in three places. The corrections were made by...
Duncan, Lloyd Discharge and Going Home
Lloyd Duncan remained in the service for 90 days after the war ended. He continued flying every day. He was one of only...
Gruen, Dieter Discovering What they Were Secretly Working On
At Oak Ridge [Annotator's Note: Oak Ridge, Tennessee], there were three shifts running all the time. Dieter Gruen...
Gruen, Dieter Discovery of Nuclear Fission
[Annotator's Note: Dieter Gruen worked as a scientist in the chemistry research division of the Manhattan Project at...
Minehira, Helene Displaced Person in Hawaii
Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent living in Hawaii] and her family were forces off their...

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