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Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...
Davis, Arthur Special Effects
Before the war, Arthur Davis worked in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] building a plant near the...
Gurr, Robert Start of War
Robert Gurr heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor while cleaning a car seat. He saw a panicky neighbor running through...
Barnes, Alvin Strange and Funny Incidents
Alvin Barnes had coincidental meetings with a childhood friend during the war. He had a friend named Paul [Annotator's...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Supporting the War Effort
"PB" Snyder was born in Vernon, Texas in June 1927. His father was an independent drilling contractor and moved the...
LeBlanc, Joyce The American Presence
Joyce Leblanc was working in the English land army on a farm that had military housing in 1942. One day, she spied a...
Bolin, George The Brown Family
George R. Bolin knew of the Browns [Annotator's Note: the founders of Brown and Root, now KBR, Incorporated, in Houston...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" The Higgins Family During the War Years
Dawn Higgins Murphy [Annotator's Note: the daughter of Andrew Jackson Higgins, the owner of Higgins Industries in New...
Weinreich, Frieda The Lodz Ghetto
A couple of months after Lodz [Annotator's Note: Lodz, Ploand] was taken, all the Jews were put in the Lodz Ghetto....
Gruen, Dieter The Manhattan Project
Dieter Gruen graduated from Northwestern [Annotator's Note: Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois] and was...
Daniel, Lora The War Ends
Lora E. Daniel read a lot about the celebrations of V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and V...
Bolin, George Thoughts on the World Today
George R. Bolin's father [Annotator's Note: Lodwick Timothy "LT" Bolin] never got involved in politics. He managed the...
Vallas, Theodore Torpedo Squadron 7 and Hawaii After
Theodore Vallas was a member of Torpedo Squadron 7 serving as a navigator and bombardier [Annotator's Note: flying from...
Stewart, Frank Understanding the War from the Homefront
The newspaper was a critical source of information. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.'s parents would read it to him until he could...
McAuliffe, Edwin Untitled Event
Edwin McAuliffe recalls everyone being involved in the shipping industry in New Orleans at that time. He would go with...
Negrotto, Constance USO Dances and Servicemen
Constance Negrotto attended USO dances after work. The girls would eat dinner and then hop into their formal gowns....
Stone, Edward USS Bumper
Edward Stone commission the submarine USS Bumper [Annotator’s Note: USS Bumper (SS-333)] at Electric Boat. He met a...
Rupert, Gerald USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
Gerald Rupert was scheduled to go to the Pacific prior the dropping of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Hollis, Frederick Victory Garden
There were two vacant lots near Frederick Hollis's home in Detroit. He decided to grow a Victory Garden in them. The...
Bolin, George War Losses and Later Research
George R. Bolin does not recall hearing of Brown [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas]...
Arrow, Kenneth War Production
Dr. Kenneth Arrow did not have firsthand knowledge of the feelings of the local population toward the war effort. He...
Crump, Ralph War Production
At 18, Ralph Crump was awed by the work and the caliber of the professionals with whom he interacted [Annotator's Note...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" War Production
Richard Witaker recognizes the valuable role played by the American home front in winning the war. Without the...
Johnson, Kaare War Production
Kaare Allan Johnson lived one lot away from a movie theater, The Victory Theater [Annotator's Note: in New York, New...
Tidmore, Roberta War Production Jobs
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore went into nurse's training. She did not like it. Two of her friends from school were...
Kidder, Remi War's End
Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...
Tanner, Theodore War's End
Theodore Robert Tanner was in the Philippines when the nuclear bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Labauve, Marion War's End
Marion Labauve went to Avondale Shipyard [Annotator's Note: in Bridge City, Louisiana] after the war. It was dangerous...
Overby, Nita War's End and Reflections
Nita Fay Overby worked for an aircraft plant [Annotator's Note: The Midwest City Douglas Aircraft Company Plant in...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Wars are Terrible
President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] passing away was...
Wesselhoeft, Adolf "Wes" Wartime and Postwar Life in Hamburg
At sea on the Gripsholm, Adolf Wesselhoeft had his first impression that the world was at war. When he arrived in...
Constant, Nelson Wartime Rationing
[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant was working in oil exploration for the Humble Oil Company in Louisiana and had his...
Gaffney, James Wartime Summary
James Gaffney was born in 1924 in Texarkana, Texas. His family moved to several places in Texas. By the time he was six...
Carter, Frances "Frances Tunnell" War’s End & Reflections
Frances Tunnell Carter would hear about the progress of the war on her aunt and uncle's radio. She remembers a radio...
Tarnow, Mary Welding at Tinker Field
[Annotator's Note: A woman off camera interjects throughout this segment.] Mary Julia Tarnow was born in Mineral...
DiSabatino, Eugene Wendover Army Air Field
Eugene DiSabatino worked on Ballistic Tables as part of the delivery system for the Manhattan Project in the...

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