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McAuliffe, Edwin Rationing and Victory Gardens
Edwin McAuliffe remembers everyone having a Victory garden during the war. The McAuliffes also had chickens.
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McAuliffe, Edwin Sacrifices
Edwin McAuliffe does not remember missing anything in particular during the war years however he knows his parents did.
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McAuliffe, Edwin Serving in the Marine Corps
Even after losing his brother Edwin McAuliffe still wanted to serve. He wanted to fly but never did.
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McAuliffe, Edwin Supporting the War Effort Then and Now
Edwin McAuliffe's mother worked as an army aircraft spotter during the war. She started doing that shortly after his brother was killed.
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McAuliffe, Edwin The Loss of His Brother Kenneth
When Edwin McAuliffe's brother went to sea his parents likely knew it was a dangerous time to be at sea but he did not realize it [Annotators
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McAuliffe, Edwin Untitled Event
Edwin McAuliffe recalls everyone being involved in the shipping industry in New Orleans at that time.
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McBride, Frank Becoming an Airman
Frank Curtis McBride enlisted in the Air Force because he wanted to fly.
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McBride, Frank Early Life
Frank Curtis McBride was born in Kingston, New York in August 1920. He grew up in Shreveport [Annotator’s Note: Shreveport, Louisiana].
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McBride, Frank European Air Warfare
Frank Curtis McBride installed the bombsight [Annotator’s Note: Norden bombsight] in the twin engine Martin bombers [Annotator’s Note: Martin B-26
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McBride, Frank Postwar Career
Frank Curtis McBride’s father and uncle had a pattern shop [Annotator’s Note: a pattern shop develops templates and molds from engineering drawings
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McBride, Frank Reflections
Frank Curtis McBride was limited in his service [Annotator’s Note: as a result of scar tissue on his lung due to multiple concurrent diseases he co
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McBride, Frank War's End
Frank Curtis McBride was moved from there [Annotator’s Note: in the Netherlands approximately eight miles from the German border, near the end of t