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John LeBure had limited interaction with Andrew Higgins because the boss was busy with many other things. Additionally...

Betty Peak had never had a prior job when she went to work for Boeing [Annotator's Note: Boeing Aircraft Company,...

Eugene J. Gemperline was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: A telephone rings in the background...

Mildred Aupied worked in Shop 1 [Annotator’s Note: at Delta Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana]. There were two other...

Lucy T. Elliot was born in 1924. Her father was Dennis Toups. There were five girls and two boys in the family. Her...

[Annotator's Note: A woman off camera interjects throughout this segment.] Mary Julia Tarnow was born in Mineral...

Leo Terrebonne went to work in 1942 for Higgins Industries at the Industrial Canal Plant. He was out of school, and...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a beeping sound throughout the segment.] Joel Arnold worked at Reading Clothing making pea...

During the early 1940s, the War Department took over Hudson Motors [Annotator's Note: Hudson Motor Car Company in...

Richard Witaker recognizes the valuable role played by the American home front in winning the war. Without the...

Helen Kushnir is just beginning to realize that it mattered [Annotator's Note: being a woman working in a factory for...

Velma Theriot Plaisance went to New Orleans and obtained a job at Delta [Annotator's Note: Plaisance became a welder at...

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