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Moret, Calvin Reflections
Calvin Moret admits that the Tuskegee Airman flying experiences did not affect his life until the movie was released [...
Ward, Albert "Jim" Reflections
Albert James "Jim" Ward thinks the Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana] does a...
Edwards, Mary Reflections
Mary Edwards saw the world change dramatically as a result of World War 2. It was important to all the nations of the...
Winslow, Lawson Reflections
As a veteran, Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior is often thanked for his service. It surprises him. During World War 2, the...
Combs, Charlotte Reflections
Charlotte Combs returned to Louisiana when her husband got out of the service. They did not have children yet. Her...
Stone, Leno Reflections
Leno E. Stone does not think that the war changed him very much. His service in the Army was a job that needed to be...
Mellon, Mallie "Mallie Osborne" Reflections
Mallie Mellon appreciates that people are now interested in knowing what Home Front workers like her did at home to...
Jostad, Glen Reflections
Glen Jostad saw a major impact on the civilian population as a result of the war. Everyone was together in the war...
Rankart, Marie Reflections
Marie Rankart believes that museums like The National WWII Museum are important in many ways. The Museum represents...
Negrotto, Constance Reflections
Constance Negrotto saw a lot during the war that she had never expected to see. She helped the war effort by working...
Ridyard, Herbert Reflections
Herbert W. Ridyard benefited from his service and combat all during his later life. It helped him physically, mentally...
Finesmith, Max Reflections
Max Finesmith was a disciplined young man before his service. He worked through the Depression and at one time his...
Elliott, Lucy Reflections
Lucy Elliot survived Katrina [Annotator's Note: Hurricane Katrina] in 2005 and then went to live with her niece. They...
Osborne, Loraine Reflections
Loraine Osborne joined the war effort because a lot of her friends were going into the war. Her sister went to work in...
Ornelles, Emory Reflections
Emory Maurice Ornelles felt World War 2 was the last good war. The Americans all pulled together and were united. They...
Taylor, Claude Reflections
Claude Taylor married his wife after graduating LSU [Annotator's Note: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Reflections and Being Nicknamed Iron Mike
[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Reflections and Meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Higgins feels that the PT boat restoration by the Museum is wonderful. [Annotator's Note: The Higgins built PT-...
Wells, Raymond Reflections on the War
Raymond Wells' younger brother was an Armed Guard on a Merchant Marine ship in the Pacific. Wells recognizes what a...
Rankart, Marie Retooling for War Production
The factory's [Annotator's Note: the General Motors Company plant in Newark, New Jersey where Marie Rankart worked]...
Hopkins, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] left China for Okinawa. From there, the ship...
Meisel, Judith Road to the Ghetto
Judith Meisel was born in 1929 in Josvainiai, Lithuania. Her father died before the onset of war. She survived the...
Tinker, June Rosie the Riveter
Older male workers would cater to the young women like June Tinker who came into the work force. The men would flirt...
Hollis, Frederick Scrap Drives and Rationing
Frederick Hollis contributed to the war effort through scrap drives held in Detroit. At the collection points, snow...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Secret B-29 and Marriage
Betty Peak worked at the Boeing Aircraft Company [Annotator's Note: in Wichita, Kansas]. Every plane had a letter...
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...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 1
Biddle was born in Daleville, Indiana on November 28th, 1923. Daleville had about nine hundred people. He lived there...
Bailey, Herman Segment 1
Bailey was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina on 12 September 1921.During the Great Depression Bailey's clothes...
Luckadoo, John Segment 12
John Luckadoo does not believe that long range fighter protection was possible in the early stages of the war. They...
Crump, Ralph Segment 4
Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...
Crump, Ralph Segment 5
Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...
Crump, Ralph Segment 6
Crump stayed in the shipyard for the better part of a year. They had launched about 14 ships. The launching details had...
Standifer, Leon Segment 7
The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered. To get a German...
Frydman, Louis Selection at Auschwitz the Transport to the French Border
Louis Frydman reached Auschwitz by train. While only there for five hours, it was his worst experience of the war. He...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Service Stateside
Sara "Sally" Manning's duties at the hospital [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval Hospital Boston, Chelsea,...
Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...

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