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Upham, Peggy Recruited by the Curtis Wright Corporation
Peggy Upham was in an accelerated program [Annotator's Note: in the Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes at Purdue...
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...
Pathe, Barbara Red Cross service in France
[Annotators Note: Barbara Pathe worked for the American Red Cross (ARC) on a Red Cross Clubmobile attached to various...
Pathe, Barbara Red Cross service in Germany
Barbara Pathe and her friend Connie would be assigned to different bomb wings. They would be assigned to the squadron...
Pathe, Barbara Red Cross service in Germany
Barbara Pathe got her assignment from headquarters in Dijon. Her assignment was to join the 45th Infantry Division....
Pathe, Barbara Red Cross service in Germany
[Annotators Note: Barbara Pathe worked for the American Red Cross (ARC) on a Red Cross Clubmobile attached to various...
Mineta, Norman Redressing Internment
Norman Mineta became involved in the Asian-American Caucus when President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William...
Bahman, Manfred Reflection on the Dresden Bombing
Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies had destroyed the city...
Kruse, Shirley Reflections
Shirley Chase Kruse had many memorable experiences of World War 2. She decided to serve because she wanted a challenge...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Reflections
Betty Peak's most memorable experience of the war years is when the plane took off at Boeing [Annotator's Note: the...
Schneider, Christa Reflections
The events of history that Christa Schneider lived through gave her strength, and a "fullness" for the great men who...
Henry, Margaret Reflections
Margaret Brewer Henry remembers prosperity after the war. There were more jobs and people had money for cars and other...
Swinney, Lauren Reflections
Lauren Swinney had complications with her pregnancy and was admitted to the hospital over Christmas. The baby was born...
Downs, Raymond Reflections
Raymond Downs thinks the experience made him feel good about living in this country [Annotator's Note: the United...
Gooch, James Reflections
As a kid, everything James Gooch knew about the military was through movies. As an adult, he stopped in a shop on base...
Tinker, June Reflections
June Tinker met her husband when she was 16 years old. He was a neighbor near the water pump where Tinker had to draw...
Koenigsberg, John Reflections
John Koenigsberg speaks at schools so people do not forget. He wants people to remember what happened and hopes it...
Crosby, Thomas Reflections
Thomas Crosby's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the end. His experience in the war gave him a great...
Benjamin, Adelaide Reflections
Adelaide Benjamin knows the preservation of the memory of the war by The National WWII Museum is important. She has...
Herszenberg, Tola Reflections
Tola Herszenberg was liberated from Lodz [Annotator's Note: Łódź Ghetto or Litzmannstadt Ghetto in Łódź, Poland on 19...
Aigner, Eva Reflections
There are docent led tours at the memorial in Portland. It gives Eva Aigner a physical location in which to go honor...
Amram, Fred Reflections
Fred Amram started to identify as a Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the Shoah; the genocide of European Jews...
Clausen, Elfriede Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Elfriede Clausen what she thought about the Berlin Wall, a concrete barrier...
Langsam, Dora Reflections
Dora Langsam wanted to be an American after her experiences in the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the Shoah;...
Weinreich, Frieda Reflections
Frieda Weinreich remembered that it took a little while to adjust to the United States because she did not speak...
Switzer, Ruth Reflections
Ruth Switzer met her husband through her mother and mother-in-law. They never spoke about their World War 2 experience...
Aigner, Leslie Reflections
Although Leslie Aigner knows that war is wrong, it must be fought when there is injustice on the opposite side. People...
Hart, Howard Reflections
Howard Hart had no problems invading Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban [Annotator’s Note: The Taliban, which also...
Butler, Barbara Reflections
Serving in the Red Cross made Barbara Butler a more forceful and less shy person. It improved her leadership skills and...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Reflections
While Alfons Robert Kleindienst lived in Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany] during World War 2, he had no idea...
McCreery, Jean Reflections
During her tenure as newsletter editor [Annotator's Note: for the Women In Military Service For America Memorial...
Hagans, Benjamin Reflections
Benjamin Hagans did not talk to people about his wartime experience for a long time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...
Schloss, Eva Reflections
Eva Schloss believes it is important to study World War 2 because of the immensity of the conflict and the diversity of...
Wronka, Gretchen Reflections
Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2....
McHardy, Helmi Reflections
Helmi McHardy thinks it is important for young women to know what she did. It should be the man and woman working...
Hope, Linda Reflections
Linda Hope saw the tremendous feelings her father had toward service people and those that worked so hard to give back...

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