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James Lee went to Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] on a tour. He can...

Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...

Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...

Lauren Swinney picked up words during the war like ersatz which meant a substitute for something. She recalls the pin-...

Shirley Chase Kruse was taking flying lessons and she met a lady who she became friendly with. Her friend recommended...

Medary G. Boudreaux returned to Higgins at Michoud after his discharge and worked there for two years [Annotator’s Note...

Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...

Francis Higgins says a female off camera had his uncle in a spell. [Annotator's Note: His uncle was Andrew Jackson...

Newlyweds, Shirley Sandy Schulman, and Hyman parted ways at a train station. Schulman headed home to Brooklyn [...

James Gooch graduated from school and was sent to Florida to replace a Warrant Officer [Annotator's Note: after...

[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...

Loraine Osborne knew that they had to get the planes out so they could be shipped overseas. The harder they worked, the...

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