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Gurr, Robert Car Designer
Robert Gurr had set a goal of becoming an architect and aircraft engineer. With mathematics being a difficult subject...
Gurr, Robert Disneyland
Robert Gurr worked with Walt Disney in the design of Disneyland. Far from the idea people have of Walt Disney knowing...
Saloom, Kaliste Early Life
Kaliste Joseph Saloom, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on in May 1919. Prior to the war, Saloom attended college...
Frazier, Glenn Early Life
Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...
Skelton, Joy Early Life
Joy Skelton was born on Palembang on the island of Sumatra in what is now Indonesia in October 1939. She has two half-...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" Early Life and Growing Up a Higgins
Dawn Higgins Murphy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She grew up there when times were different than presently....
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Early LIfe, Marriage, Loss and Red Cross
Blanche Marie (Gregory) Barnes Gangwere was born in 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up near Northeast High...
Edwards, Mary Inspection by Harry Truman and Others
Mary Edwards met Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: President Harry S. Truman] when he was a congressman in charge of the...
Levy, Anne Liberation and Postwar
Anne Levy initially thought the Russian liberators were going to be better than the German oppressors. She would...
Malec, Henry Postwar
Henry Malec did not have sufficient points to return home immediately after the war ended. He was subject to being...
Sarosi, George Reaching America
George A. Sarosi felt he was on an adventure when he reached America [Annotator's Note: he fled Hungary in December...
Dawson, Zhanna Reaching Poltava
Zhanna Dawson and her sister reached the rail station after a 25 kilometer walk [Annotator's Note: the two girls had...
Hurley, Wallace Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Wallace Hurley lost sleep for 14 years over shooting two German soldiers in the back during the war. He met with a man...
Michal, Billy Summarized Life Story
Dr. Billy Clyde Michal was born in April 1936 in Alexandria, Louisiana and lived nearby in Zimmerman which was a major...
Szafran, Daniel The Suez Crisis and Getting Married
The last war for Holocaust Survivor Daniel Szafran was the 1956 war. [Annotator's Note: The Suez Crisis, or Second Arab...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney
Robert Gurr thought that Walt Disney was everywhere in the park on opening day. Disney saw Gurr and came over to him....
Plaisance, Velma "Velma Theriot" Welding at Higgins Industries
Velma Theriot Plaisance knew Higgins was hiring women so she went there for work [Annotator’s Note: she left Delta...