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Betty Masket was born in Cullowhee, North Carolina in 1923. The Depression did not affect Masket as much as it did...

Margaret Brewer Henry attended college from 1945 through 1949. She felt like she was well prepared because her...

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

Francis Higgins recalls the story of how Philippine mahogany wood was secured to build the PT boats. He [Annotator's...

Helmi McHardy was born on a dairy farm in Austin, Michigan in February 1927. She is one of nine children. On the farm,...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Emma Keulegan already in conversation with the interviewer who then asks...

Thomas W. Gillette was born in Bath, Maine in 1931. When he was a small child, his mother left him and his father. As a...

[Annotator's Note: There is an odd tape break at the beginning.] The family of Coleen Landry learned to be frugal and...

Blaine Kern’s father was an artist. Kern was a bad soldier. He did not want to follow orders or pass inspections. He...

Constance Negrotto worked on the PBY Catalina flying patrol bomber [Annotator’s Note: Negrotto was a technical...

Norman Mineta visited relatives while he was stationed in Japan [Annotator's Note: during the Korean War]. The...

Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore, and everybody else, was scared the Nazis were going to take over Europe. When VE-Day...

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