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Higgins, Archibald 494th Bombardment Group Operations
Archibald Higgins was in the Palau Islands with the mission of keeping those islands neutralized and flying missions to...
Carter, Frances "Frances Tunnell" Accidents, Pay and Minorities
Frances Tunnell Carter does not recall any major injury incidents at the Bechtel-McCone-Parsons Aircraft Modification...
Constant, Nelson African-American Workers and Surviving a Hurricane
Nelson Constant's company [Annotator's Note: Humble Oil Company] hired 13 colored boys [Annotator's Note: African-...
LaBure, John Andrew Higgins and President Roosevelt
John LeBure had limited interaction with Andrew Higgins because the boss was busy with many other things. Additionally...
Weissberger, Ela Anecdotes from Terezin
In Room 28 of the Hamburg Barracks at Terezin, Ela Weissberger had three friends of the same last name, Hannah, Helga,...
Schulman, Shirley Apart During War
Newlyweds, Shirley Sandy Schulman, and Hyman parted ways at a train station. Schulman headed home to Brooklyn [...
Overby, Nita Assembling C-47s
Nita Fay Overby began working for an aircraft plant [Annotator's Note: The Midwest City Douglas Aircraft Company Plant...
Lee, Lewis Atomic Power
Lewis M. Lee, Sr. said his ship was anchored off Enewetak Atoll when the atomic bomb was being tested. Their ship was...
Varuso, Anthony Attacks on Japanese Shipping and Sinking an Enemy Submarine
Anthony Varuso and the PT boats [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boats] in his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Motor...
Hahn, Clifford Attu, Kiska, Adak and Hawaii
Clifford Albert Hahn encountered harsh weather conditions on the opposite side of Attu [Annotator's Note: Attu,...
Bolin, George Awards for Excellence
At the launch of PC-567 [Annotator's Note: USS PC-567, launched 11 April 1942], George R. Bolin's father, Lodwick...
Brukman, Jack B-29 Ground Crew
Jack Brukman and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 498th Bombardment Group, 73rd Bombardment Wing] eventually moved from...
Atwood, Walter Basic Training to War's End
Walter Atwood worked for Boeing [Annotator's Note: The Boeing Company] for a couple of years and got deferments [...
Carver, Jack Battle of the Bulge
Jack Carver felt that he [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] had caught the Army flatfooted. The American...
Sivak, Steve Battle of the Bulge
Steve Sivak [Annotator's Note: a supply clerk in the 72nd Publicity Service Battalion, 3rd Army] made his way from...
Wheeler, James Becoming a Marine
James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...
Costa, Anthony Becoming a Marine
Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town. His father...
Tidmore, Roberta Becoming a Marine Driver
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore could go to officer's training after basic training [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps,...
Morris, Mac Becoming a Marine Pilot
Mac Glenn Morris flew for the first time in the backseat of a Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75...
Shaw, Roger Becoming a Merchant Mariner
Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...
Varuso, Anthony Becoming a PT-Boat Sailor
Anthony Varuso left New Orleans for his basic training at Naval Station Great Lakes [Annotator’s Note: near North...
Longhoffer, Garland Becoming a Soldier
Garland Virgil Longhoffer turned 18 years old and became eligible for the draft in March 1944. He could have stayed out...
McCreery, Jean Becoming a WASP
Jean McCreery flew under her maiden name, Terrell. She was born in Troy, Ohio in 1924 and worked at WACO [Annotator's...
Aupied, Mildred Becoming a Welder
Mildred Bonvillian Aupied was born in Bayou Black near Houma in Terrebonne Parish [Annotator’s Note: south of New...
Towle, John Becoming an Airman
John W. Towle volunteered for the service. He had been attending the University of Tennessee but had a wreck and was...
Bolin, George Beginnings of Browns Shipyard
Starting about 1940, Brown Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas] began as a result...
Dyson, Freeman Being an Analyst for RAF Bomber Command
Freeman Dyson gathered information during World War 2 for Bomber Command [Annotator's Note: British Royal Air Force...
Bolin, George Between Earth and Space
When the war ended, George R. Bolin's father [Annotator's Note: Lodwick Timothy "LT" Bolin] moved his office to Clinton...
Tinker, June Brothers at War
June Tinker's mother started worrying about the impact of the war on her sons soon after Pearl Harbor. Tinker's two...
Bussel, Norman Building B-25s
Norman Bussel worked building B-25 bombers [Annotator’s Note: North American B-25 Mitchell] at the Fisher Body plant [...
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...
Gambino, Elroy City Boy to Marines
Elroy Gambino was born in March 1925 in the Irish Channel [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana]. He grew up in...
Wombacher, Delbert Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher how World War 2 changed his and his life.] That is the...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" College and Boeing Aircraft
Betty Peak had one year of college when the war started. She was 14 in October [Annotator's Note: 1937] and the war...
Belliard, Diana College and the Marshall Plan
During the war years, Diana Belliard was in the United States. She lived in Chicago until 1940 then left to go to...
Tipper, Edward Combat in Normandy
Edward Tipper and a band of paratroopers captured a key crossroads location without the use of any automatic weapons...

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