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Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Losing a Friend and Race Relations on Base
Lavenia Breaux had to find out through the grapevine that her friend had been killed. Sensitive information like that...
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...
Rankart, Marie Losing a Loved One and Gaining a New One
Marie Rankart was at a dress shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey buying a dress when she heard the news that the war was over...
Taylor, Amelia Training and Life on Base
Amelia Taylor had trained at Bethesda [Annotator's Note: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,...
Kuhn, Arthur Reflections
Arthur Kuhn's most memorable experience of his time in the military was learning "the mistrust of government." He...
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...
Drucker, Lillian Closing Thoughts
Lillian Drucker's brothers all had medical discharges and had income from that. She and her husband bought their first...
Blank, Calvin Hospital Duty
Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...
Pesky, John Navy Hijinks
John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...
Nygren, Karl Entrance into Service
Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...
Aupied, Mildred Working in Delta Shipyard
Mildred Aupied worked in Shop 1 [Annotator’s Note: at Delta Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana]. There were two other...
Bolin, George The Brown Family
George R. Bolin knew of the Browns [Annotator's Note: the founders of Brown and Root, now KBR, Incorporated, in Houston...
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