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Earline Gaither: Working for Sears

Earline Gaither describes her longterm career at Sears in the decades after World War II.

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Earline Gaither: Newsreels

Earline Gaither recalls how she learned about events in the war.

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Earline Gaither: "We lived on X Street."

Earline Gaither describes her housing arrangements while working in Michigan during the war.

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Earline Gaither: Wichita, Kansas

Earline Gaither explains why she and her husband were eager to leave Wichita, Kansas, after he received a job offer in Georgia.

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Earline Gaither: "Judy was born in Arkansas."

Earline Gaither recalls the birth of her daughter, Judy, while she was living in Arkansas temporarily after the war.

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Earline Gaither: "I was black as coal!"

Earline Gaither recalls a train trip she took during the war.

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Earline Gaither: Pearl Harbor

Earline Gaither remembers how she heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Earline Gaither: Clothing for Work

Earline Gaither describes the clothing she had to wear while working at the Willow Run manufacturing plant during World War II.

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Earline Gaither: Job Opportunity

Earline Gaither describes how she and her husband left Mississippi for Michigan to find wartime work.

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Earline Gaither: "Turned down three times"

Earline Gaither recalls why her husband was rejected for military service during World War II.

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Earline Gaither: "Three years, three months, and eight days"

Earline Gaither recalls how her husband's twin brother contracted malaria while fighting in the Pacific.

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Earline Gaither: "A little brick house"

Earline Gaither describes the home she and her husband purchased in Marietta, Georgia, in the 1950s.

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Earline Gaither: A Memorable Coworker

Earline Gaither describes one of her coworkers, a young veteran who had been injured in the war.

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Earline Gaither: Another Memorable Coworker

Earline Gaither describes an older man with whom she worked at the Willow Run manufacturing plant during World War II.

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Earline Gaither: FDR's Death

Earline Gaither recalls how she heard the news of President Franklin Roosevelt's death.

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Earline Gaither: Skipping Graduation

Earline Gaither explains how high school seniors had a choice of whether to graduate or go to work during World War II.

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