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Garland Miller Gallaspy was born in Ottawa, Oklahoma in November 1922. His family moved all over the Southeast while he...

Asked about her most memorable experience during the war, Phyllis Lenhard said she was impressed with the people she...

Jane Biestek remembers buses of sailors passing by the window of the Ford factory. She would dance with them at night....

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

Alfred Pierse Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland in May 1922. He celebrated his third birthday on the boat taking him...

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

George R. Bolin knew of the Browns [Annotator's Note: the founders of Brown and Root, now KBR, Incorporated, in Houston...

Francis Higgins was a good draftsman. He took that position with his Uncle Andrew [Annotator's Note: Andrew Jackson...

Richard "Dick" Loges was born in January 1921 in in Dayton, Ohio [Annotator's Note: Interviewer pauses interview at 0:...

Donald Popham wanted to be out on the field so he put in his application for work on an engine crew. His five-months'...

James Jeter worked for Higgins Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. He welded on different vessels but did not know...

Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...

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