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Shirley Chase Kruse had many memorable experiences of World War 2. She decided to serve because she wanted a challenge...

Rosemary Elfer does not recall any instances of discrimination either while working for Higgins Industries or while...

Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...

Raymond Downs thinks the experience made him feel good about living in this country [Annotator's Note: the United...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis to talk about becoming the President of Xavier University of...

Michael Clancey did duck and cover drills in school and at home as a child because of the nuclear threat. He always...

Murray Glass had a resentful band master who took offense at Glass not playing the French horn according to his MOS [...

June Catherine Elliott Haggerty knew very little about World War 1 because she was born in 1920. She learned a little...

Margaret Kerry was born in May 1929 in Springfield, Illinois. Then she moved to California and lived there for almost...

Norman Mineta visited relatives while he was stationed in Japan [Annotator's Note: during the Korean War]. The...

Charles Brightman Skinner was born in May 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida. He had an older brother who served in World...

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