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Marietta Baham worked at Jackson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Louisiana National Guard base in New Orleans, Louisiana]...

Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds started flying in the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or PT-13...

Dorothy Decker Ehlers was born in December 1931 in Long Beach, California and grew up there during the depression years...

Martha Tolles got a phone call saying her husband was coming home. He wanted her to fly out to LA [Annotator’s Note:...

Lorraine Doroff signed up for the Women Auxiliary Army [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Auxiliary Army Corps or WAAC;...

After the war, Dieter Gruen heard people talked about the atomic bombs all the time. People wanted to talk about atoms...

Lora E. Daniel read a lot about the celebrations of V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and V...

Francis Higgins worked at Higgins Industries on St. Charles Avenue with his uncle [Annotator's Note: his uncle was...

Norman Mineta joined his father in the insurance business after his military discharge. He was at Berkley University in...

Mallie Mellon was born in Hazard, Kentucky in October 1919. She had three sisters and one brother, and was the youngest...

Rationing was not hard for Jennie Rosenzweig. Oleo was used instead of butter, and it looked like lard. She added salt...

Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...

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