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Dr. Kenneth Arrow shared the Nobel Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972. The prize had only been awarded for four...

Edward Gerrits was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but was raised in Miami, Florida. He enjoyed going to the Florida...

[Annotator’s Note: Norma Halberg joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs in January 1944 and went to Avenger...

Doctor James B. Heneghan grew up in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He was born in La Porte, Indiana in...

Hans Courant was assigned to a group working on electronics at Los Alamos. He worked in that capacity for the next two...

Ernest Jackson could go off base on furlough. Some bases, like some of the little towns including Havelock and Cherry...

Betty Sue Drake was born in November 1924 in Winston County, Alabama, where she graduated from high school. Pearl...

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

Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...

Rosemary Fagot was born an American citizen, but she had never been to to the United States until she enlisted in the...

[Annotator's Note: This segment is the beginning of a second interview recorded with Mrs. Grant in the studio at The...

Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...

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