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Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...

Francis Higgins had a stroke. Prior to that, he fell and broke his hip in three places. The corrections were made by...

Just before she went into the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots], Norma Halberg and another girl,...

They started flying and did not quit flying from that point on. Geraldine Nyman was stationed in Long Beach, California...

At Oak Ridge [Annotator's Note: Oak Ridge, Tennessee], there were three shifts running all the time. Dieter Gruen...

Alton Bourg entered service in the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland [Annotator's Note: Fort George Meade, Maryland] and was...

The newspaper was a critical source of information. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.'s parents would read it to him until he could...

Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...

Rosemary Elfer does not recall any instances of discrimination either while working for Higgins Industries or while...

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

Victor Befera was born April 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in the small iron mining town near Canada with his...

Betty Sue Drake went to paymaster school after basic training and was sent then to Washington [Annotator's Note:...

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