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Reuben Griffin recalls how his family home was electrified, after President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration.

Jimmy Doi describes how his brother had to give up his farm, after President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 interning Japanese Americans.

Edith Bond explains her motivation for majoring in sociology or social work at the University of Georgia.

Edith Bond remembers Franklin Roosevelt's fourth presidential election in 1944 and his funeral procession the following year.

Michael Cox recalls how President Franklin Roosevelt died in Georgia on his first birthday, April 12, 1945.

Jean Ousley recounts what her parents, Laura and Samuel Spriggs, told her about their experiences during the Great Depression in the 1930s.

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

Theodore Britton describes the rigors of military training at Montford Point in Camp Lejeune.

M. Alexis Scott describes the contributions of the Atlanta Daily World to covering World War II and the Holocaust.