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Pathe, Barbara African Americans interactions with the Red Cross
[Annotators Note: Barbara Pathe worked for the American Red Cross (ARC) on a Red Cross Clubmobile attached to various...
Schloss, Eva Antisemitism in Holland
Schloss describes the clever methods the Nazis would use to manipulate and control the masses by slowly increasing anti...
Boggs, Lindy Archbishop Hannon
As a result of the war a few items from the Vatican were kept in the National Archives. Boggs was able to keep up with...
Boggs, Lindy Attitudes during the war
During the beginning of the war, when the war was not going well for the United States, the attitude was very subdued...
Pathe, Barbara Becoming a Red Cross Clubmobile worker
Barbara Pathe was disappointed that she missed the Normandy Invasion. She was sent by train to Brooklyn, New York where...
Kearney, George Building LCVPs and PT Boats
[Annotators Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Boggs, Lindy Capitol Hill's reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor
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...
Kearney, George Conclusion
It is George Kearney's opinion that the exhibits at the museum [Annotators Note: The National WWII Museum] accurately...
Schloss, Eva Discusses Frank family being betrayed
Schloss describes how the Frank family was betrayed. They hid successfully for 2 years and in August of 1944 they were...
Kearney, George Doing His Part
[Annotators Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Early Life
Life in Hawaii was wonderful for Lydia Grant before the war. The island was at its pristine best at that time. Grant...
Hollis, Frederick Early Life
Fredrick Hollis was born in January 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. The Great Depression started in October 1929 and his...
McAuliffe, Edwin Early Life and Losing a Brother
[Annotators Note: there is an interruption about 45 seconds into the interview after which the interview is started...
Kearney, George Employees and Building Materials
George Kearney really enjoyed working for Higgins Industries. Durbins [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling] was in...
Kearney, George Employees, Family, and Layoffs
One of George Kearney's friends, who lives not far from him, was a ban saw operator who cut the notches for the keel...
Hollis, Frederick End of War
Frederick Hollis saw the mood of the country after Kasserine Pass as being very negative. With many ships lost at Pearl...
Schloss, Eva Father bargains for elderly couples freedom
She describes her family being interrogated. Her father bargains with the SS to release the elderly family who hid them...
McAuliffe, Edwin Going to College With Veterans
Edwin McAuliffe graduated high school the year the war ended. When he started his first year of college at Southeastern...
Kearney, George Going to Work for Higgins Industries
George Kearney was living on magazine Street when he went to work for Higgins. At the time, he was a student at Delgado...
Belliard, Diana Growing Up in Berlin
For Diana Belliard, life in Berlin, Germany was wonderful. It was an easy life for a child. She was home schooled and...
Hamilton, Virginia Hamilton training as a WAC for a few days.
Hamilton, Virginia Hamilton tried to interview German POWS but ending up interviewing French pilots instead.
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Hawaiian Life
Lydia Grant describes recreation and life as a young girl in the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. As an attractive young girl...
Schloss, Eva How Gas Chambers Operated
Schloss describes the operation of the gas chambers. She was informed of the process by the current inmates. She...
McAuliffe, Edwin Immigrant Parents and Living in America
Edwin McAuliffe's father was born in Ireland and was wounded during World War 1 at Gallipoli. His mother was born in...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Japanese Attack
[Annotators Note: This segment is the beginning of a second interview recorded with Mrs. Grant in the studio at The...
Pathe, Barbara Joining the Red Cross
Barbara Pathe was born in Bethel, Ohio. She lived there until she was eight years old. She had an older brother, an...
McAuliffe, Edwin Kenneth McAuliffe and the War Effort
Kenneth [Annotators Note: Edwin McAuliffe's brother] was five years older than McAuliffe. Kenneth went to St....
Kearney, George Landing Craft
[Annotators Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Boggs, Lindy Life in Washington D.C. during the war
Boggs was in Washington D.C. on December 7th, 1941. There was a peace mission between the United States and Japanese at...
McAuliffe, Edwin Listening to the BBC
Edwin McAuliffe was more interested in the war in Europe. He was also interested in the air war in England because his...
Kearney, George Marvin Perrett and Testing Boats
[Annotators Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Schloss, Eva Nazis home invasion
Schloss describes the make shift hiding spot that the Dutch Resistance created for her and her mother. The night of...
Hollis, Frederick Onset of War
In the months leading up to the United States entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Pearl Harbor Attack
Lydia Smith Grant was born in Bath, Maine. Her grandfather was a banker as was her father. Her stepfather was in the...
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