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Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...

John “Johnny” Pesky was born in Portland, Oregon and went off to play baseball rather than going to college. He has a...

George Wiswell was made a third-class diver in the Navy. Most repair jobs are figured out as they are done. He was in...

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

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

Calvin Elliott was born in February 1918 in Whitesville, Delaware. He grew up in Maryland after moving there when he...

Ora Hicks worked as a nurse for five years at Charity Hospital [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana], from 1936...

Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...

Bowdre McDowell became a volunteer at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National World War Museum in New Orleans,...

James Jeter worked for Higgins Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. He welded on different vessels but did not know...

Debra Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York] in...

William Harvey grew up in Algiers near New Orleans, Louisiana. His family never went hungry because his father worked...

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