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Edmund Caruso Interview
ABOVE: This is a picture of Edmund Caruso taken on December 13, 2010 at the Marks Street Senior Center. Listen as librarian Sharon Ricket with the Orange County Library System, interviews Edmund Caruso on December 13, 2010 at the Marks Street...
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Elizabeth Gustavson Interview
Oral History interview with Elizabeth Gustavson  recorded on December 13, 2010 at the Marks Street Senior Center by Orange County Library System librarian Sharon Rickett. At the time of the recording Mrs. Gustavson was residing at Ashton Palms retirement comm...
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Loretta McAdam Interview
Orange County Library System librarian, Sharon Rickett, interviewed Lorreta McAdam on December 13, 2010 at the Marks Street Senior Center. LISTEN (3:26) [embed]https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/audio/loretta_mcadam.mp3[/embed]   Mr...
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WWII Veteran Walter Reinhold Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran Walter Reinhold at the VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL May 26th, 2010. LISTEN (15:57) [embed]https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/audio/walter_reinhold.mp3[/embed]   Walter was born in Bavaria and sent...
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"Bank Robbery" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010. Read "Bank Robbery", an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans...
Events
Jerry Kinsley and Bill Spivey at Orlando Country Club
ABOVE: Photo of a company dinner with attorneys and bankers at the Country Club of Orlando. Jerry Kinsley, builder, is seated third from right, followed by his wife Elizabeth Kinsley. Bill Spivey, steel contractor, is seated at the head of...
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"A New Job" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010. "A New Job", an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans...
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WWII Veteran Robert Brodrick Interview
Interview on Mary 31, 2010, with WWII Veteran Robert Brodrick at VFW 4287 in Orlando, FL, Memorial Day 2010. Veteran Brodrick served in the U.S. Army as a Platoon Sergeant in Europe during WWII. He recalls in detail firsthand experiences liberating...
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Ben Porter, Grand Knight at Saint James Cathedral
Born in Central Florida, Ben's earliest memory of the area is the fresh oranges his mother picked from a neighborhood orange grove. To this day, Ben still enjoys fresh homegrown oranges, they have a tree in their yard, and looks...
Events
Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Gerry Hosford at Delaney Street Baptist Church, Orlando, FL, May 30th, 2010. WWII Veteran and Orlando resident Jerry Kinsley recalls seeing Pearl Harbor "Pretty well shot up. I saw a lot of ships on their sides in the...
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Naomi Diltz Interview
Listen to this interview with Naomi Diltz recorded on December 3, 2010 at the L. Claudia Allen Senior Center conducted by Orange County Library System librarian Sharon Rickett. Mrs. Diltz recounts growing up in Charleston, Mississippi and working on her fam...
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Norma Jones Interview
Interview of Norma Jones on December 3, 2010 at the L. Claudia Allen Senior Center conducted by Orange County Library System librarian Sharon Rickett. LISTEN (6:47) [audio mp3="https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/norma_jones.mp3"][/audio]