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Bollich, James Early Life
James Joseph Bollich was born in August 1921 south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
Mahoney, Timothy Early Life
Timothy James Mahoney was born in April 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and lived there for a few years. While still a...
Siracuse, James Early Life
James Siracuse was born in Upper Manhattan [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in 1920. He was raised there. He...
Brueland, Lowell Early Life
Lowell Kermit Brueland born in a small town in Iowa. He was raised on farm two miles from town. Brueland’s father was...
Mills, Willis Early Life
Willis Mills was born in July 1926 and grew up in Holyoke, Colorado. It was a small farming community. His father...
Bostwick, Frank Early Life
Frank Bostwick was born in 1925 in Blanchard, Louisiana and grew up in Blanchard during the Great Depression. His...
Rodriguez, Antonio Early Life
Antonio C. Rodriquez was born in Martindale, Texas near San Marcos in December 1921. Rodriguez grew up on a farm where...
Wisher, Charles Early Life
Charles "Chuck" Wisher was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1926. His father was in construction so at five years of...
Hirsch, Leon Early Life
Leon Hirsch was born in July 1927 in the Bronx in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He had one...
Jostad, Glen Early Life
Glen Arnold Jostad grew up on a farm during the Great Depression. His family was poor but never hungry since they had...
Field, Edward Early Life
Edward Field was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. He was one of six children born to Eastern...
Dymnicki, Francis Early Life
Francis Dymnicki was born in Yonkers, New York and lived there for ten years during the Depression until his father...
Howland, John Early Life
John Howland was born in Casper, Wyoming in 1920. He can trace his ancestry back to the days of the Pilgrims. After...
Dietzel, Paul Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with Paul Dietzel and the interviewer talking about LORAN and flying over the vast...
Joy, Carrol Early Life
Carrol Joy was born in Morris County about 25 miles south of Manhattan, Kansas in 1920. He had one brother and one...
Guillory, Lloyd Early Life
Lloyd Guillory was born in Berwick, Louisiana in 1925 and lived there until 1935. He had three older sisters. In 1935,...
Garten, Perry Early Life
Perry L. Garten was born in November 1917 in Peculiar, Missouri. He grew up in Missouri and graduated from high school...
Jackson, William Early Life
William Jackson was born in April 1923 in El Paso, Texas. He lived there until he was 16 years old. He moved to...
Jeffrey, Wallace Early Life
Wallace Jeffery was born on 27 January 1922 in Sioux City, Iowa. He moved many times but by nine years of age, the...
McGuire, Joseph Early Life
Joseph McGuire was born in 1919 and the first few years of his life were lived in abject poverty. He used a local creek...
Fisher, David Early Life
David Fisher was born in December 1925 in Evangeline, Louisiana and grew up in Jennings, Louisiana where his family...
Higgins, Malcom Early Life and Becoming a B-17 Pilot
Malcolm Hershel Higgins was born in April 1921. He was delivered by his grandfather. His father was a World War 1...
David, Maynard Early Life and Becoming a Bombardier
Maynard David grew up on a farm west of Topeka, Kansas. He went to high school in Silver Lake, Kansas and graduated in...
Liles, Robert Early Life and Becoming a Fighter Pilot
Robert Liles was born in 1920 in Webb City, Missouri and grew up in Jefferson City. When the depression began, his...
Garcia, Ray Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
Ray Garcia enlisted in November 1942. He had been tested for the aviation cadet program for the Army Air Force prior to...
Stege, John Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
John Arthur Stege was born in Los Angeles, California in October 1920. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Goldberg, Edwin Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg was born in...
Spielberg, Arnold Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer and Arnold Spielberg mid-conversation]. Spielberg was in...
Warren, Ennis Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Ennis C. Warren was born in Wilmer, Alabama in September 1923. His mother died when he was born. He was raised by his...
Bollich, James Early Life and Becoming an Airman
James J. Bollich was born on a farm south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. His family primarily grew...
Grubb, Paul Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Paul James Grubb was born in September 1920 in Riverside, California. His mother died when he was six months old....
Steele, Ben Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Ben Steele joined the Army Air Corps in 1940. He was raised on a cattle ranch north of Billings [Annotator's Note:...
Gerrits, Edward Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Edward Gerrits was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but was raised in Miami, Florida. He enjoyed going to the Florida...
Grimes, Vernon Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Vernon Grimes was born in May 1921 in Wichita [Annotator's Note: Wichita, Kansas]. He grew up with a sister in various...
Fitch, Mason Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Mason Brownell Fitch was born in September 1925 in Rochester, New York. He graduated high school in 1943 and took the...
Finklang, Frank Early Life and Bombardier School
Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...

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