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Karle, Isabella Family and Early Life
Isabella Karle was born of Polish immigrants in Detroit, Michigan in 1921. Her father was a Detroit city employee who...
Laughlin, Alexander Family Life
Alexander Laughlin was born in April 1925. His parents were married in 1923. His father died in 1927 in a dental chair...
Hitchcock, Peggy Family Life
Peggy Hitchcock describes the book about her father. [Annotator’s Note: Hitchcock describes a book, Citizens of London...
Dawson, David Family Life
David Dawson was in Hollywood, Florida at Navy gunnery school. He would pick up people that lived off the station and...
Taylor, Sharon Family Life
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor only once mentioned to her adoptive father that she was thinking about trying to find out more...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" Family Members at War
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto had nephews being drafted or who volunteered. Four nephews were in and there might have been...
Smith, Lamar Family Postwar and Reflections
For the Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith, the G.I. Bill was very important because his family did not have any money...
Anderson, Gladys "Penni" Farm Life
Gladys Anderson was born in 1922 in Lisbon, North Dakota and had two brothers and two sisters. Her grandmother gave her...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Faulty Aircraft and Reflections
One time, Geraldine Nyman was on a trip going back east and had to land at the closest airport. Nyman was able to get...
Landry, Coleen Feelings Towards the Enemy
Coleen Landry remembers when her parents were told that her brother Reed was missing in action. It took about a month...
Allen, George Final Thoughts
George Allen says he was part of something that worked out well. He was worried that we [Annotator's Note: the United...
McDowell, Bowdre Final Thoughts
Bowdre McDowell was injured in December 1984 when he was hit by a streetcar. He became a lasting friend with his doctor...
Landry, Coleen Final Thoughts
Coleen Landry went into law enforcement part-time to help with public relations. It was not easy being one of the first...
Schulman, Shirley Finding a Way to Get Married
Around 1938, Shirley Sandy Schulman began dating her future husband, Hyman, while they were in high school. Her parents...
Wronka, Gretchen Finding Her Father
Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2....
Francis, Norman Finding His Heroes
Dr. Norman Francis did not follow the war closely. He devoted his time to school and sports. His parents had said to...
Thurman, Tom Finding Subjects to Interview
Scott Eyman [Annotator's Note: American author] and Joseph McBride [Annotator's Note: Joseph McBride, American author,...
Francis, Norman First Black Student at Loyola
Dr. Norman Francis had a great interest in interacting with World War 2 veterans returning from the war and going to...
Hughes, William First Voyage
William B. Hughes was sent to Merchant Marine boot camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Afterward, he went to New Orleans...
Ragazzi, Frank Flight Testing with WASPs
After about two months of flight test scheduling, Frank Ragazzi was tasked with training five women service pilots....
Moret, Calvin Flying Experiences
Calvin Moret accumulated about 250 hours in cadet training. He would go on to have about 250 hours in the P-40 [...
Duncan, Lloyd Flying Patrols and the End of the War
Lloyd Duncan was quartered in Oceana, Virginia. They reported in every day and flew missions when ordered to. Three...
Soskin, Betty For Her Great-grandmother
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Betty Soskin how she feels about accepting the Silver Service Medallion at The...
Bederson, Benjamin Forcing the Conclusion of the War
In Benjamin Bederson's estimation, his experience at Los Alamos, New Mexico, qualified him as a physicist. He worked...
Osborne, Loraine Ford Motor Company
Loraine Osborne was 16 years old when she moved. [Annotator’s Note: Osborne moved to Detroit, Michigan]. She worked at...
Arrow, Kenneth Forecasting for Overseas Travel Routes
Dr. Kenneth Arrow was doing research into statistical fitting with WACs [Annotator’s Note: Women's Army Corps] during...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Formation of the WASPs, Disbanding the WASPs and Family
Geraldine Nyman thought that Cochran [Annotator's Note: Jacqueline Cochran] was independent. Nancy Love had started the...
Imahara, Walter Fresno Assembly Center
Walter Imahara was four years old when he went into the camp. They were first sent to an assembly center in Fresno...
Flores, Belisario Friends and Classmates
Ever since Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores was 12 years old, he was aware of the conflict [Annotator's Note: in Europe...
Courant, Hans From Camp Upton to Los Alamos
Hans Courant does not recall which year that happened [Annotator's Note: when he was drafted]. After reporting in he...
Dahlstrom, Russell From Childhood to Navy Experience
Russell Arnold Dahlstrom was born in July 1923 in Rockford, Illinois. [Annotator’s Note: A clock dings at 00:28.00] He...
Viera, Conrad From Fort Rucker to Occupied Japan
[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" From Hawaii to Europe
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax served in the 298th Infantry Regiment which was a National Guard unit in federal service....
Stricklan, Mary From the WACs to the Pentagon
Mary R. Stricklan's uniform [Annotator's Note: in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) then Women's Army Corps (WAC...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Negrotto, Constance German POWs
While Constance Negrotto worked at the PBY plant [Annotator’s Note: Negrotto was a technical illustrator at the PBY...

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