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Plaisance, Velma "Velma Theriot" Welding at Higgins Industries
Velma Theriot Plaisance knew Higgins was hiring women so she went there for work [Annotator’s Note: she left Delta Shipbuilding Company and hired o
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Plaisance, Velma "Velma Theriot" Working as a Welder at Delta Shipyard
Velma Theriot Plaisance went to New Orleans and obtained a job at Delta [Annotator's Note: Plaisance became a welder at Delta Shipbuilding Com
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Platkin, Carl Close Calls
Carl Platkin remembers they could not do anything about the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire].
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Platkin, Carl Entrance into Service
Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941].
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Platkin, Carl Final Missions
Carl Platkin usually went to London [Annotator’s Note: London, England] alone because he had a couple of girlfriends there.
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Platkin, Carl Flying Missions
Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in the morning.
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Platkin, Carl Prewar Life
Carl Platkin was born in September 1924 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York].
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Pocoroba, Joseph Baptism of Fire
Joseph Pocoroba’s unit [Annotator's Note: Troop E, 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)] was sent to reinforce a flank where the Germa
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Pocoroba, Joseph Combat Decision and Prisoners Shot
[Annotator's Note: Pocoroba asks the interviewer to repeat himself several times throughout the interviewer.] Joseph Pocoroba says that the ci
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Pocoroba, Joseph Combat Operations in France and Bronze Star Action
Joseph Pocoroba says you never know how you are going to react in battle despite your training.
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Pocoroba, Joseph Early Life and Enlistment
Joseph Pocoroba was born in Newark, New Jersey in August 1919.
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Pocoroba, Joseph Guarding Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Joseph Pocoroba said the march to Marrakesh, Morocco from Algiers, Algeria was around 1,200 miles.