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Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...

Blaine Kern remembers listening to a boxing match when he came home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

Being a bush pilot in Alaska was a fun experience for Geraldine Nyman. One of their employees crashed a plane in the...

Constance Negrotto and her friend Dorothy Toups worked at a hospital after her shift at the PBY plant [Annotator’s Note...

Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...

Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry was glad to return home after the war. Adjustment was no problem as she obtained her...

Gregory Lawrence Nunnink’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his ship [Annotator’s Note: SS Glenns...

Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...

When Edwin McAuliffe's brother went to sea his parents likely knew it was a dangerous time to be at sea but he did not...

Frederick Henry imagines he would enjoy military life today, as it is less restrictive than it was when he served. The...

Francis Higgins worked at Higgins Industries on St. Charles Avenue with his uncle [Annotator's Note: his uncle was...

Orrin Welty describes some of the differences between flying the B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

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