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Paula Fidler: "The war was over."

Paula Fidler describes how she heard news of the end of the war while working on a teletype machine.

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Paula Fidler: Works Progress Administration

Paula Fidler describes her father's work for the Works Progress Administration or WPA during the Depression.

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Paula Fidler: "We eloped!"

Paula Fidler recalls her hasty wedding to a paratrooper after World War II.

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Paula Fidler: "I got to travel."

Paula Fidler describes how her father's railroad job enabled her family to travel to California in the years before World War II.

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Paula Fidler: Troop Trains

Paula Fidler describes how she and her friends would serve coffee to troops traveling through her town by train at the start of World War II.

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Paula Fidler: ID Badge

Paula Fidler describes the identification badge she had to wear when entering the Air Material Command facility, where she worked during World War II.

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Paula Fidler: "A strange name"

Paula Fidler describes how she had to start going by her first name when she took a job with the federal government during World War II.

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Paula Fidler: Housing

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Paula Fidler: "Tomboy"

Paula Fidler recalls the type of girl she was, growing up in a small Ohio town.

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Paula Fidler: "Not Rosie the Riveters"

Paula Fidler explains why to her, the work she did at Air Material Command does not qualify her for the symbolic title "Rosie the Riveter."

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Paula Fidler: Recruitment for War Work

Paula Fidler describes how the federal government recruited her and other young people for wartime jobs.

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Paula Fidler: Post-war Austria

Paula Fidler describes how she joined her husband in Austria, where he was stationed after World War II.

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Paula Fidler: Moving to Georgia

Paula Fidler describes how her family moved to Georgia after her husband retired from the military and got a job at Rich's department store.

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Paula Fidler: Secret Clearance

Paula Fidler describes her temporary, top secret assignment in St. Louis, Missouri, where she took dictation for military officials who contributed to the development of the atomic bombs.

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Paula Fidler: Post-war Germany

Paula Fidler describes her military-related work in Germany after World War II.

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Paula Fidler: "300 in a dormitory"

Paula Fidler describes housing facilities for wartime workers at Air Material Command during World War II.

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