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LeBlanc, Joyce Adjusting to Life at War
Joyce Leblanc said she usually went to school as normal. The teachers came to a point where they wouldn't even...
Aigner, Leslie Auschwitz
Leslie Aigner and the other living passengers were ordered out of the cattle car [Annotator's Note: upon their arrival...
Brukman, Jack B-29 Losses
Jack Brukman realized that the big problem was that they were bombing from great heights and could not hit the target [...
Johnson, John Becoming a Marine and Deployment to Wake Island
John S. Johnson completed United States Marine Corps training and became an infantryman. He had military training prior...
Kaufman, Luna Concentration Camps in Poland
Luna Kaufman had to pack just one valise for her transfer out of the ghetto [Annotator's Note: the Cracow ghetto was...
Kibort, Reva Czestochowa Labor Camp
Reva Kibort and other inmates were gathered up again and put into boxcars [Annotator's Note: the inmates were forced to...
Maltbie, Archie Early LIfe
Archie Maltbie was born in 1923 in Turlock, California. He had an ordinary life growing up in Turlock. He focused on...
Strait, Perry Early Life
Perry Strait was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in April 1923. He grew up in a rural setting where his father was a...
Wesselhoeft, Adolf "Wes" Engineering and Serving on B-52s
Adolf Wesselhoeft returned to the United States and more training to be an electrical engineer. He studied at the...
Knobler, Paula Growing up with Evil
Paula Knobler has bitter memories of her youth in Poland. Anti-Semitism was displayed toward her. In school, boys threw...
DiSabatino, Eugene Joining the Manhattan Project
Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...
McCaslin, Lorraine "Lorraine Taix" Keepsakes and Mementos
Louis [Annotator's Note: McCaslin's borother, Louis Taix] had so many plans, and Lorainne McCaslin doesn't think that...
Davis, Arthur Overview of Career
Arthur Davis was born in March 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from Tulane University, he was an...
Will, George Postwar Social Change
George Will says that the Cold War was inevitable after World War 2 because Josef Stalin [Annotator's Note: Russian...
McCarthy, John Reflections
World War II changed John McCarthy and his life tremendously. Without the war, he might have been a factory worker....
Lewis, Burton Reflections
Burton Lewis served during the war because it was what every 18 year old did. He was lucky to have an engineering...
Schmitt, Warren Reflections
Warren Schmitt had negative feelings about the Japanese before and during the war. The kamikazes had no respect for...
Trappey, Randolph Reflections
Randolph Trappey knows that the war gave him the opportunity to do what he wanted to. He ended up working in the family...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Reflections
Blanche Gangwere maintained contact with only one Red Cross girl she worked with during the war. Her name was Elizabeth...
Will, George Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks historian George Will about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political...
Joffray, Henry Service in the US Merchant Marine
Henry Joffray was a member of the Merchant Marine during World War 2. There were 4,000 ships and 260,000 sailors in...
DuBose, John Serving aboard the Tanker SS Frenchtown
John DuBose signed on the SS Frenchtown as a messman. The ship was a T-2 tanker that was welded during construction and...
Croft, Katherine Sirens, Rationing and Chinese Community
As a young child during the war, Katherine Croft distinctly remember the sirens that would go off. She knew that her...
Lenhard, Phyllis "Phyllis Gill" The War Effort at Home
During the early 1940s, the War Department took over Hudson Motors [Annotator's Note: Hudson Motor Car Company in...
Auld, Lorene Working for Douglas Aircraft
Lorene Auld had applied to work at Douglas Aircraft Company in Oklahoma during the war because they were looking for...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Working for Higgins Industries
Francis Higgins was a good draftsman. He took that position with his Uncle Andrew [Annotator's Note: Andrew Jackson...