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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
McAuliffe, Edwin Pearl Harbor Changed Lives
Edwin McAuliffe was in Covington [Annotators Note: Covington, Louisiana] visiting friends. The news came across the...
Hollis, Frederick Postwar
Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had sixteen weeks of army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight...
Pathe, Barbara Privileged part of the war effort
The Red Cross had to raise 75,000 dollars for the statue [Annotator’s Note: for a Red Cross memorial]. It was made by...
McAuliffe, Edwin Propaganda Posters and War Bond Rallies
When Edwin McAuliffe was a kid during the war there were things everywhere that reminded people that there was a war...
McAuliffe, Edwin Rationing and Victory Gardens
Edwin McAuliffe remembers everyone having a Victory garden during the war. The McAuliffes also had chickens. McAuliffe'...
Pathe, Barbara Red Cross Clubmobile service
Barbara Pathe tried to be a good citizen to the British. In Bury St. Edmunds the English locals had decided that the...

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