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

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

Rosemary Elfer does not recall having any real issues while she was in the service. One issue that occurred at the end...

Murray Glass was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was the manager and part owner...

Jennie Rosenzweig dreads what is going on Iraq [Annotator's Note: Iraq War, 2003 to 2011]. We do not belong there. Wars...

In Benjamin Bederson's estimation, his experience at Los Alamos, New Mexico, qualified him as a physicist. He worked...

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

Orville Clayton was born in Fort Payne, Alabama in May 1921. He grew up in a small town. His father was a physician. He...

Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...

Rosemary Fagot remembers the difficulties she had translating for the United Fruit Company because of the cultural...

George R. Bolin could only go out to the shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas] on a...

Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...

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