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Never having been in an airplane, Frank Ragazzi took his first ride in a Piper Cub [Annotator's Note: Piper J-3 Cub...

Lloyd Duncan enlisted in the Navy. He had chosen the Navy because he wanted to fly. He was sent to Memphis, Tennessee...

Isabella Karle's research involved isolating a purer form of plutonium. The laboratory was getting the oxide from Oak...

Alvin Russo was born in December 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child. His father was a pharmacist. His...

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

The only benefits they were eligible for was housing and medical benefits. The WASP [Womens Airforce Service Program]...

Rosamund Naylor remembers 13 girls who graduated from the school. They went on the train together. They were proud to...

[Annotator's Note: Margaret Stephensen was an administrative clerk at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C...

Betty Peak's husband got his early training in Victorville, California on the edge of the Mojave Desert. There were...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Emma Keulegan already in conversation with the interviewer who then asks...

T. Toby Kafka enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1944 at the age of 20. Her family, particularly her brother,...

Dorothy Malone remembers that they partied when they heard the war was over. She was married and lived on a boat. She...

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