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[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...

Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...

Marion Meredith Beal had a desk right next to the desk of Hashmark Johnson [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Sergeant...

Joseph Traina met a girl in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and got married there. They moved to...

Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] returned...

Rosemary Fagot would not go into the u-boat [Annotator's Note: German submarine] because she is claustrophobic. [...

Michael Clancey did duck and cover drills in school and at home as a child because of the nuclear threat. He always...

Nelson Constant remembers Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December...

[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant was working in oil exploration for the Humble Oil Company in Louisiana and had his...

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] Conrad D....

Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...

Ruth Knutson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1921. She was an only child, but her mother and father had large...

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