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Carolyn Bridgforth was born in February 1923 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. It was wonderful growing up there. No crime,...

Jean Lotter was born in December 1923 in Seattle, Washington. She and her twin sister, Irene, grew up in Kent,...

After finishing school, Grace Brown was told she had a job at Consolidated [Annotator's Note: Consolidated Aircraft...

Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent in Hawaii] worked at Fort Shafter [Annotator's Note: in...

Marie Rankart was at a dress shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey buying a dress when she heard the news that the war was over...

James Gooch was born in Gilmer, Texas in May 1939. He clearly recalls sitting with the family in front of their large...

Charlotte Combs was born in April 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She had two little...

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

Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note: a riveter at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on Franklin Avenue....

Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...

Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...

Isabella Karle said that certain measures were taken to insure against radiation sickness, including the daily...

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