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Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...

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

James Gooch had an ice box on the outside porch. It was his job to put a signal out on the window, so the ice man knew...

Coleen Landry remembers when her parents were told that her brother Reed was missing in action. It took about a month...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...

Dr. Norman Francis was drafted into the Army after graduating from law school [Annotator's Note: in 1956]. He graduated...

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

Spencer Yancey kept up with the war overseas. When Pearl Harbor was bombed [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Louise Settles had to leave the service once she was married. She knew that would happen. Her husband was to leave 20...

Snapp met some of the women in the First Air Force class, some were astronauts. They had a tough time as well. Snapp's...

[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant was working in oil exploration for the Humble Oil Company in Louisiana and had his...

Margaret Kerry was born in May 1929 in Springfield, Illinois. Then she moved to California and lived there for almost...

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