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Kearney, George Building LCVPs and PT Boats
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Kearney, George Conclusion
It is George Kearney's opinion that the exhibits at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New...
Kearney, George Doing His Part
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Kearney, George Employees and Building Materials
George Kearney really enjoyed working for Higgins Industries. Durbins [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling] was in...
Kearney, George Employees, Family, and Layoffs
One of George Kearney's friends, who lives not far from him, was a ban saw operator who cut the notches for the keel...
Kearney, George Going to Work for Higgins Industries
George Kearney was living on Magazine Street [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] when he went to work for...
Kearney, George Landing Craft
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Kearney, George Marvin Perrett and Testing Boats
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Wagner, Helen Segment 1
Wagner grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. She attended high school and college in there.Her father was a ladies tailor. He...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 1
Flournoy was born in Wheaton, Missouri on March 30th, 1921. The Depression affected her family but as a kid she did not...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Segment 1
Geraldine Nyman was born in Emmett, Idaho in 1920. She grew up with a family that moved every year. Her father was a...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 1
Janice Martin Benario was born in Baltimore, Maryland and went through the public school system. She wanted to go away...
Snapp, Helen Segment 1
Snapp was born in Washington D.C. She lived there for about two years and then moved to Colorado. She eventually moved...
Erickson, Martha Segment 1
Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...
Meyer, Lois Segment 1
Meyer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920. She went to the Ursuline Academy there. She was listening to the...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Segment 1
Fagot was born in Nicaragua. Her father was an American citizen from New Orleans and she was registered an American...
Wagner, Helen Segment 2
Not all of them were happy to see women [Annotator's Note: Wagner is referring to US Naval Officers in San Francisco]....
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 2
In primary training they flew the PT-19. It was an open cockpit aircraft. Basic training was BT-13's and BT-15's. Her...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Segment 2
They started flying and did not quit flying from that point on. Geraldine Nyman was stationed in Long Beach, California...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Janice Benario served in the navy as a member of the WAVES and worked with ULTRA intercepts decoding...
Snapp, Helen Segment 2
When Snapp arrived at the hotel [Annotator’s Note: in Sweetwater, Texas for WASP training] there was roughly thirty to...
Erickson, Martha Segment 2
The judges at the essay contest [Annotator’s Note: in New York] were distinguished writers and figureheads. Erickson...
Meyer, Lois Segment 2
Her commanding officer in Arlington, Virginia was a member of the original few who reported for training in...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Segment 2
Fagot was born an American citizen, but she had never been to to the United States until she enlisted in the Navy. She...
Wagner, Helen Segment 3
Wagner was checking in after dinner when a guard stuck a gun in her back. She identified herself as Lieutenant Wagner...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 3
After an airplane engine had flown a certain number of times it would be due for an overhaul. If it was in good...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs. She transported...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Janice Benario served in the navy as a member of the WAVES and worked with ULTRA intercepts decoding...
Snapp, Helen Segment 3
They [Annotator’s Note: women of the WASPs, Women’s Airforce Service Pilots in Washington D.C.] were told at the...
Erickson, Martha Segment 3
The training was on the job. Erickson learned most of her secretarial duties on the job. They did not study outside of...
Meyer, Lois Segment 3
Meyer now lives in Washington. Her sons reminded her that it would be easier for them to take care of her in Washington...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Segment 3
Fagot would not go into the U-boat because she is claustrophobic [Annotator's Note: in Argentina for surrender...
Wagner, Helen Segment 4
Wagner's other brother was also in the Pacific and would write to the family telling them that he was trying to meet up...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 4
Flournoy did not have an instructors rating. She went to Alice airport [Annotator’s Note: Alice, Texas airport] after...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Segment 4
Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs. At the time of this interview, Nyman was...

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