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Karle, Isabella Postwar Life
Isabella Karle worked at the University of Chicago labs during the year 1942. She and her husband ended their tenure...
White, Verna Postwar Life
Back in North Dakota after the war, Verna White waited for six months for her husband to return home from occupation...
Maynard, Joe Postwar Life
Joseph “Joe” Maynard was stationed at the Naval Air Station six miles from Miami [Annotator’s Note: Miami, Florida]. He...
Meikrantz, Frances Postwar life
Frances Meikrantz went back to her job for a few months and then she got married. She should have stayed in the Marine...
Yancey, Spencer Postwar Life
Spencer Yancey remembers that all of their equipment was pretty basic, and there were not a lot of new improvements....
Gibfried, Paul Postwar Life
Paul Gibfried went home to arrange for a job when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
Gay, Ralph Postwar Life
Ralph Gay went into the construction business when he returned home. He built houses. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator'...
Keulegan, Emma Postwar Life
Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...
Daniel, Lora Postwar Life
When the war was over, Lora E. Daniel's job [Annotator's Note: at the Union Carbide Metallurgical Plant in Sheffield,...
Van Pelt, Fredi Postwar Life
Fredi Van Pelt was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Wilmington,...
Tolles, Martha Postwar Life
Martha Tolles got a phone call saying her husband was coming home. He wanted her to fly out to LA [Annotator’s Note:...
Blank, Calvin Postwar Life
Calvin Blank was a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class] by the time the war ended. When he returned home, he...
Tidmore, Roberta Postwar Life
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...
Osborne, Loraine Postwar Life
Loraine Osborne knew that they had to get the planes out so they could be shipped overseas. The harder they worked, the...
Smith, Lamar Postwar Life
Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith was stationed in the desert [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake...
Settles, Louise Postwar Life
Louise Settles had to leave the service once she was married. She knew that would happen. Her husband was to leave 20...
Naylor, Rosamond Postwar Life
Rosamund Naylor wanted to stay home after her service. She went back to school under the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note:...
Vandervort, Jack Postwar Life
Jack Vandervort was discharged in Texas where he had also been drafted. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks...
Allen, George Postwar Life and Career
George Allen still hears from his bombardier. He was his closest friend on the crew. He has no idea where the rest of...
Dearey, Bernard Postwar Life and Career
Bernard Allen Dearey got married in 1950. When the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July...
Libby, Dolores Postwar Life and Career
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note: a riveter at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on Franklin Avenue....
Drake, Betty Postwar Life and Reflections
On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...
Glass, Helen Postwar Life and Reflections
Helen Anderson Glass was discharged from the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service;...
Gibfried, Paul Postwar Life and Reflections
Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Postwar Life and Reflections
Joseph Mittelsdorf used the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...
Brown, Robert Postwar Life and Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer repeats Robert Brown's story of working on the atomic bomb test incorrectly.] Little...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Postwar Life and Thoughts on War
Jennie Rosenzweig dreads what is going on Iraq [Annotator's Note: Iraq War, 2003 to 2011]. We do not belong there. Wars...
Grenny, Guy Postwar Psychologist
Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...
Moret, Calvin Postwar Racial Injustices
Calvin Moret admired his brother [Annotator’s Note: Adolph Moret, Jr. was Moret’s eldest brother. With his brother’s...
Henry, Frederick Postwar Reflections
Frederick Henry imagines he would enjoy military life today, as it is less restrictive than it was when he served. The...
Courant, Hans Postwar Studies
Hans Courant and the others went back to Los Alamos where he was told that he would be released to go back to college....
Francis, Norman President of Xavier University
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis to talk about becoming the President of Xavier University of...
Imahara, Walter Preventing Future Internment
Walter Imahara was into sports and attended the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. He learned that some of the politicians...
Dennis, Bettylu Prewar
Bettylu Dennis was born in April 1923 in Aurora, Indiana. Beginning in fifth grade, the family moved around several...
Howie, Alice Prewar and Family Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-sentence.] Alice Howie was born in February 1925 in Barrineau Park, Florida...
Ward, John Prewar and Rationing
John F. Ward was born in 1925 and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. He grew up with one brother and two sisters. His father...

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