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Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...

Even after losing his brother Edwin McAuliffe still wanted to serve. He wanted to fly but never did. He later went into...

James Gooch ate a lot of sweet potatoes during World War 2 because they were readily available. It was difficult to...

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

Isabella Karle's research involved isolating a purer form of plutonium. The laboratory was getting the oxide from Oak...

Elizabeth Bedson Wehner started out in the drafting department at the plant [Annotator's Note: Curtiss-Wright...

On 11 September 2001, Norman Mineta was having breakfast with the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium who was also that...

Peggy Hitchcock remembers her father was a happy person who loved life and entertaining people. He loved giving back....

As a result of the war a few items from the Vatican were kept in the National Archives. Corrine Boggs was able to keep...

At Puget Sound [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, near Bremerton, Washington], Thomas W....

When William Hussey graduated from high school he was too young to enter the Naval Academy, so he signed up for the...

Mildred Aupied worked on three Liberty ships at Delta [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

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