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Blaine Kern went to Czechoslovakia to tour the glass industry. The secret police were following him. He has a factory...

Orrin Welty was born in December 1922 in Lima, Ohio. He grew up during the Great Depression and spent summers working...

Gretchen Wronka was born in January 1944. Her parents were born in a farming area of Iowa. While her mother was in...

Isabella Karle remembers that news of what was happening in Europe was heard on radio and reported in the newspapers....

Nelson Constant's company [Annotator's Note: Humble Oil Company] hired 13 colored boys [Annotator's Note: African-...

John McCarthy was on a regular enlistment and not a draftee, so he did not automatically get out when the war was over...

Constance Negrotto worked on the PBY Catalina flying patrol bomber [Annotator’s Note: Negrotto was a technical...

Helen Ehlers started working before she joined the service. She went back to work for Western Electric after her...

Henry "Buck" Weaver volunteered to assign himself to a new station, not knowing what the details involved. He found out...

Alvin Russo was the head of OB-GYN [Annotator’s Note: obstetrician and gynecology] at Norton Air Force Base [Annotator’...

John F. Ward was stationed at San Angelo Airfield [Annotator's Note: San Angelo, Texas] when the war ended with Europe...

Even after losing his brother Edwin McAuliffe still wanted to serve. He wanted to fly but never did. He later went into...

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