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Leo Praetorius was born in October 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his father worked in a haberdashery. His...

Velma Theriot Plaisance knew Higgins was hiring women so she went there for work [Annotator’s Note: she left Delta...

Dee Wayne White has vivid memories of his life on the Home Front in Richmond, California during the World War 2. From...

In the beginning of 1943, Ralph Crump's draft status required that his boss write a letter every six months to the...

Dieter Greun tries to talk to veterans of the war, particularly those that fought in Europe then went to the Pacific....

Mildred Aupied worked on three Liberty ships at Delta [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

Lora E. Daniel was born August 1917 in Florence, Alabama. She was the youngest of five children. They farmed and she...

The events of the war that really stand out in Mildred "Jean" Liparoto's memory are Roosevelt's [Annotator's Note:...

Mary Edwards began working for the Army at Higgins Industries when she was 16 years old. She had finished high school...

Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...

Samuel Malta was born in March 1925 at Revere, Massachusetts near Boston. He learned to swim early since it was a...

Velma Theriot Plaisance never thought much about her work as a female welder until the Houma Courier interviewed her....

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