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[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...

Snapp was born in Washington D.C. She lived there for about two years and then moved to Colorado. She eventually moved...

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

William Hussey enlisted in the Navy because he grew up with it, and it seemed the thing to do once he reached adulthood...

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

Martha Tolles got a phone call saying her husband was coming home. He wanted her to fly out to LA [Annotator’s Note:...

Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

Edwin McAuliffe was more interested in the war in Europe. He was also interested in the air war in England because his...

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

When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] were dismissed, it had to be logical since there were...

The Japanese attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] started at five...

Mallie Mellon was born in Hazard, Kentucky in October 1919. She had three sisters and one brother, and was the youngest...

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