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Giroir, J. Working for Shell Oil Company
J. L. Giroir got married while he was still in the service. After he was discharged, he went back to Morgan City,...
Howard, Taylor Working for the CCC
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard lived in Gulfport [Annotator’...
Riddle, Pearson Working for the CCC and Going to Wake Island
Pearson Riddle was born in Pensacola, North Carolina and grew up in the country. His father had a farm of about 120...
Gibfried, Paul Working in the War
Paul Gibfried was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in September 1924. When he joined the Navy, he was investigated by the...
Bronstein, Isador Working in Washington, D.C.
Isadore Bronstein started at the lowest government grade when he went to work [Annotator's Note: in Washington, D.C.]....
MacCallum, Florence World War 1
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Griffis, James Wounded and Then Home
James A. Griffis [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division]...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
American flag flying on a flagpole, 1934
Photograph. An American flag flyin on a flagpole. Personal caption on reverse: "1934." United States. 1934
Boy Scouts posing for a photograph, Louisiana, 1940
Photograph. Large group of Boy Scouts sitting on and in front of a log in wearing Dixie cup sailor hats. Presumably New...
Boy Scouts posing for a photograph, Louisiana, 1940
Photograph. Large group of Boy Scouts sitting on and in front of a log in wearing Dixie cup sailor hats. Presumably New...
Church entrance, Philippines
Photograph. Entrance to a small church; sign on front reads: "Iglesia Evangelica." Philippines. No date
Entrance to the Jones Bridge, Philippines
Photograph. Entrance to the Jones Bridge; horse-drawn carriages and streetcars are driving up and down the bridge;...
Manila Central Post Office, Philippines
Photograph. Front of the Manila Central Post Office. Official caption on front: "Post Office." Manila, Philippines. No...
Men looking over a bridge
Photograph. Three men leaning over a bridge railing; dormant trees are in the background. Location unknown. No date
Men posing in large pants
Photograph. John Diehl [right] wearing an large pair of pants while two men next to him are wearing the same pair of...
The ferry "Phyliis-Lorraine" in Iona, South Dakota circa 1930-38
Photograph. The ferry "Phyliis-Lorraine," which operated pre-war approximately 300 miles north-west of George H. Foote'...
Wiley Lowery and Bill Ruffin walking down a sidewalki, 1941
Photograph. Wiley Lowery [left ]and Bill Ruffin [right] walking down a sidewalk in civilian clothes. Personal caption...

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