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When the war broke out [Annotator's Note: Downs is referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Frances Meikrantz was born in 1921 in Worcester, Massachusettes. It was a nice town. She grew up during the Depression...

David Dawson used to listen to the radio. He would listen to the news program every day. A lot of the bad news was...

Before graduating from high school, Dr. Norman Francis did very little in terms of working in the war effort. He was...

When Higgins [Annotator's Note: Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana] advertised for openings in their aircraft...

Victor Befera was a replacement for those stationed overseas, and those stationed with the most points [Annotator's...

Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator's Note: who decided to search for her father's remains; he was US Army Air Forces...

Norman Mineta finished high school in San Jose. The same students he attended class with in the 5th grade before...

Louise Settles worked in personnel, mostly making assignments. She had never left the United States before the Army....

Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...

Lydia Grant witnessed the attack on the American facilities at Pearl Harbor firsthand. The Japanese strafed the...

Murray Glass was drafted and sent to the Fort Dix, New Jersey reception center for a few weeks. He then went to the...

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