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Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...

Fredrick Hollis did not witness much family talk about the conflict during World War 2. Some of his relatives served in...

Frederick Hollis contributed to the war effort through scrap drives held in Detroit. At the collection points, snow...

Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was assigned to Washington [Annotator's Note:...

Dr. Norman Francis did not follow the war closely. He devoted his time to school and sports. His parents had said to...

Louise Settles put in for overseas duty in 1943. She did not necessarily want to go overseas. It was more to get out of...

Mildred "Jean" Liparoto just did what she had to do [Annotator's Note: to get by with nephews, brothers, and a husband...

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

Mallie Mellon heard that President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...

When the war was over, Lora E. Daniel's job [Annotator's Note: at the Union Carbide Metallurgical Plant in Sheffield,...

Audrey Maduell had an air raid shelter right across from her house. Her father would bring coffee to the workers...

Raleigh W. Johnson Jr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting with his uncle in Chicago [Annotator’s...

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