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June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She grew up in Pass...

Norman Mineta followed his father's lead following his military discharge. Mineta's father had made a career in the...

Alexander Laughlin heard his stepfather, Tommy Hitchcock [Annotator’s Note: Thomas Hitchcock Jr. was an American polo...

[Annotator's Note: Clarence Herbert Weatherwax served in the Army as a communications specialist in Headquarters...

Margaret Kerry remembers the time when no one knew if television would take over the movies. The movie stars could be...

George Kearney was living on Magazine Street [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] when he went to work for...

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

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

Francis Higgins became employed as an experimental test engineer at the Higgins Engine Company. They manufactured 200...

When that [Annotator's Note: the Higgins Marine Sales business] ended after 25 years, Francis Higgins moved to Vidalia...

[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant worked for an oil company in Louisiana. He details the job.] Constant worried about...

Mary R. Stricklan was born in May 1919 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: Gordon County, Georgia]. Growing up there was...

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