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Geraldine Anthony: Life After the War

Geraldine Anthony describes what she did after…

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James Russell: The Telephone Company

James Russell describes his first major promotion…

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James Russell: The Coal Mine

James Russell recalls the factors leading to his…

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Reuben Griffin: Troop Train

Reuben Griffin describes the difficulty of…

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Reuben Griffin: "Hey boy, when'd you get home?"

Reuben Griffin recalls how he got a job with an…

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Jessie Moss: Settling in Mobile

Jessie Moss describes how in 1949, she and her…

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Jessie Moss: Buying a House

Jessie Moss explains how she paid for her first…

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Edna Hicks: Military Spouse

Edna Hicks lists the military bases she lived on…

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Anna Ostergaard: "More opportunity."

Anna Ostergaard describes what the United States…

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Alan Hall: Pinkerton Security

Alan Hall recounts some of the jobs he completed…

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Alan Hall: "I'm no hero."

Alan Hall describes the difficulty returning home…

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Edith Bond: Postwar Life

Edith Bond describes her experiences in the first…

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Clay Manley: Georgia Power

Clay Manley recalls how his father, James, lost…

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William Wallace, Jr.: No Japanese Cars

William Wallace, Jr. describes his father's…

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William Wallace, Jr.: $4,000 in Backpay

William Wallace, Jr. describes how his father…

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Michael Cox: "Where they were reared"

Michael Cox remembers his uncles, Georga Mack…

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