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Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...

James Gooch had an ice box on the outside porch. It was his job to put a signal out on the window, so the ice man knew...

Calvin Moret admits that the Tuskegee Airman flying experiences did not affect his life until the movie was released [...

June Tinker was 16 years old and living in Pax, West Virginia when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She heard the news after...

David Dawson was in Hollywood, Florida at Navy gunnery school. He would pick up people that lived off the station and...

There was a lot of segregation at the beginning but Lavenia Breaux had the impression that it eased up. Breaux believes...

Betty Sue Drake went to paymaster school after basic training and was sent then to Washington [Annotator's Note:...

Shirley Chase Kruse had many memorable experiences of World War 2. She decided to serve because she wanted a challenge...

Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor was born in March 1945 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When she was born, her father [Annotator's Note...

Raymond Downs thinks the experience made him feel good about living in this country [Annotator's Note: the United...

Dr. Norman Francis was drafted into the Army after graduating from law school [Annotator's Note: in 1956]. He graduated...

Margaret Kerry was born in May 1929 in Springfield, Illinois. Then she moved to California and lived there for almost...

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