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

June Tinker was born in Coal City, West Virginia in July 1925. She grew up there until she was six years old then moved...

Even after losing his brother Edwin McAuliffe still wanted to serve. He wanted to fly but never did. He later went into...

Rudy Huval and his four brothers went into the service. Ivan was the oldest brother [Annotator’s Note: Ivan was killed...

Around 1938, Shirley Sandy Schulman began dating her future husband, Hyman, while they were in high school. Her parents...

Grace Brown thought the war would end and she would go back to her normal life. She did not think her life changed much...

Dolores McInnis Libby applied to work [Annotator's Note: at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] because she had a friend...

James Gooch ate a lot of sweet potatoes during World War 2 because they were readily available. It was difficult to...

Francis John "Jack" Higgins was born in October 1922 in Omaha, Nebraska. He left there at two years of age and moved to...

[Annotator's Note: Corrine Boggs, also known as Lindy, was the wife of Congressman Hale Boggs then later took his...

Elizabeth Bedson Wehner went to Purdue [Annotator's Note: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana]. She had to...

Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist [Annotator’s Note: named Dr. Behrman] who performed dentistry work on German...

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