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Hirsch, Leon United States Surgical Corporation
Leon Hirsch initiated his company, US Surgical [Annotator's Note: United States Surgical Corporation based in Norwalk,...
Arrow, Kenneth University
Dr. Kenneth Arrow applied for Columbia University at 15 years old. The minimum age of acceptance was 16 years old....
Clancey, Michael Unpopularity of the Vietnam War
Michael Clancey felt anger about the ambushes carried out on American convoys [Annotator's Note: in Vietnam during the...
Twible, Harlan US Naval Academy
After graduating high school, Harlan Twible got a job then started college with the money he earned. During his...
Lynch, James US Naval Academy
James Paul Lynch's father worked for a man running for Congress. Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Wombacher, Delbert USO Shows and German Prisoners
Delbert Wombacher used the G.I. Bill after the war by attending a school in Omaha, Nebraska. He was working and went at...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" USS Arenac (APA-128)
[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] On 10...
Memory, Frank USS Gato (SS-212) and Postwar
Frank George Memory was a crewman on a submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Gato (SS-212)]. The boat was about 300 feet...
Franzke, Charles V-12 Program
While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to...
Bank, Walter V-12 Program and Assignment to the USS Collett (DD-730)
Walter Bank's family lived on a small farm, and wasn't greatly affected by the Great Depression. They never talked...
Mather, James V-5 Navy Aviation Cadet Program
James Mather joined the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note: V-5 US Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1939 to 1943] and became a...
Pratt, Robert V-7 Program to LST Duty
After being accepted into the Navy V-7 program [Annotator's Note: V-7 US Navy Midshipmen Officer Candidates Program,...
Riddle, Robert V-J Day and Discharge
Robert Riddle was at Okinawa when the atomic bombs were dropped. His crew, on hearing of the surrender, was a little...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Valor in the Pacific Park
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax also joined the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. When the building was built [Annotator'...
McCalla, Anna Various Nursing Jobs
[Annotator's Note: Anna McCalla Noren graduated from Nursing School in March 1943.] That summer, she and a friend...
Burnett, Marshall Visiting His Dying Mother and Postwar Life
Marshall Burnett boarded a train at Grand Central Station [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York] bound for Meridian...
Flanagan, Earl Volunteering for a Top Secret Outfit
Earl Flanagan recalls listening to the radio when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Waiting to Go Home
When the war was over, Leslie V. Freeman was pulled back to a rest area. They came up with the point system [Annotator'...
Lucas, Jack Wallet and Parachutes
Jacklyn Lucas's wallet is on display at the D-Day Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney's Legacy
Robert Gurr learned a lot from Walt Disney. Perhaps the most significant thing that Disney taught him was to have a...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Walter Reed Hospital
Ora Hicks was one of the nurses to attend Yale University [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut...
Race, John "Jack Race" War Books and Church
John T. "Jack" Race had a flight to the surrender of the Germans [Annotator's Note: on 8 May 1945]. He flew the German...
Ignatius, Paul War Breaks Out
As Paul Ignatius entered his teens, he became aware of the hostilities rising in Europe and Asia. He was also aware of...
Szafran, Daniel War Breaks Out
Daniel Szafran was living in his home town of Stryków, Poland when war broke out December 1939. Prior to the war, they...
Clark, Merrill War Changed the United States
Merrill J. Clark [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain...
Goyette, Donald War Comes to a Close
After rejoining his unit [Annotator's Note: 869th Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 21st Bomber Command,...
Hegerty, Ghislaine War Comes to Belgium
Ghislaine Hegerty and her family took shelter from the war in a religious building next to their home [Annotator's Note...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Sparacino, Paul War History in High School
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Franklin, Paul War Memories
Paul Franklin went to work for an oil company after he graduated high school. While at the water house, Franklin...
Johnson, Kaare War Production
Kaare Allan Johnson lived one lot away from a movie theater, The Victory Theater [Annotator's Note: in New York, New...
Konen, Mary War Production
Mary Konen was born in April 1924 in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her family relocated to Pierz, Minnesota and her father opened...
Tidmore, Roberta War Production Jobs
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore went into nurse's training. She did not like it. Two of her friends from school were...
Bolin, George War Rationing and Postwar America
George R. Bolin did not understand what war was when it started. A lot of things were restricted during the war. His...
Wilkins, Byron War Reflections
Byron Othello Wilkins helped form a club with Corps Commander Troy Middleton who was University Controller. The club...

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