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Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Early Life to Army Air Force Training
Lewis Thomas Easterling was born in January 1924 in Ellerbe, North Carolina and grew up in Rockingham [Annotator's...
Hissey, Paul Early Life to Enlistment in the Army Air Corps
Paul Hissey was born in 1922 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His father was a Navy man who served in World War 1. His family...
Losada, Vincent Early Life to Military Training
Vincent Losada was born in Cleveland, Ohio in May 1925. His parents were both immigrants from Spain. His father was a...
Fouts, Henry Early Life to Overseas Deployment
Henry Sherman Fouts was born in June 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia. Life was hard. His father worked for a dollar a day to...
Strait, Donald Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Donald Strait was born in April 1918 in East Orange, New Jersey, and spent his first five years in Montclair, New...
Piazzo, Lincoln Early Life, Enlistment and Aviation Training
Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...
Baumgarten, Aaron Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Aaron Baumgarten was born in 1922 in New York, New York, the fifth of the five sons in his family. His father worked in...
Jefferson, Alexander Early Life, Enlistment and Becoming a Pilot
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer attempting to level out the audio.] Alexander Jefferson was...
Leese, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...
Pritchett, James Early Life, Enlistment and Training
James Pritchett was born in Thomaston, Alabama in 1924, and grew up during the Great Depression. His family "got along...
Jagoe, Armiger Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Armiger Jagoe was born in April 1921 in Okolona, Mississippi and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi when he was two years...
Lefever, Paul Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Paul Lefever was born in September 1920 in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, the youngest and only son among the three...
Bradley, Aubrey Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Aubrey Bradley was born in October 1923 in Blue Mound, Kansas. When he was 18 and attending the University of Kansas,...
Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera...
Heller, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Heller was born in December 1921 in Lake Wood, Ohio and became a member of the United States Army's 91st Bomb...
Shook, Hal Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...
Sved, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Edwin Sved was born in February 1924 in New York, New York and grew up through difficult times in a caring family. He...
Walker, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Walker was born in September 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama. His father died in 1931, leaving his widow with three...
Chauncey, Charles Early Life, Enlistment, and Military Training
Charles Graves Chauncey was born in April 1923 in Chanute, Kansas. He went through the school system, went to Kansas...
Lafleur, Kenneth Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Kenneth A. Lafleur was born in May 1923 in Ville Platte [Annotator's Note: Ville Platte Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
Neilson, Francis Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Francis Neilson was born in October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his...
Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Clarence Lee Dobbs, known to his friends as Jack, was born in June 1925 in Dearborn, Michigan. He grew up there, and...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Early Life, Enlistment, Basic and Aircrew Training
Russell Engel was born in Vesta, Minnesota, the son of a farmer who left the farm to work in oil refineries in Caspar,...
Hanley, Fiske Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
Fiske Hanley was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas, one of the five children in his family. Although he grew up...
Douglas, Walter Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Water Douglas was born in January 1920 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He grew up with two younger brothers. His father, a...
Rans, Robert Early Life, Entering the Service, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...
Courtney, Melbourne Early Life, Entrance Into Service and Overseas Deployment
Melbourne Sanford Courtney was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky in 1925. He lived on a family farm, and his memory of...
Sweatt, Robert Early Life, the Draft and Training
Robert Sweatt was born in May 1922 in Lovington, New Mexico, one of six children of a county commissioner. He came up...
Koone, Carl Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Carl Koone was born in Cleveland, Arkansas in August 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression in a family that ran...
Callender, Alvin Early Life, Training and Deployment
Alvin Callender was born in 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Before he joined the military, he was a student at...
McGuire, Joseph Early War Service
Since he was a twin-engine pilot, Joseph McGuire had been told he would be a training pilot but was then reassigned to...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Early Years
Samuel Spector was born in Manhattan, New York in July 1924. He worked as a delivery boy for furriers. He also worked...
Gikas, Gus Early Years
Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...
Kinsey, Norman Earning a Bronze Star
[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey worked with military intelligence units in World War 2.] There was a lot of protocol....
Heilbrun, Herbert Earning Pilot’s Wings and Getting a Crew
Herbert Heilbrun flew twin engines in his second stage of flight training. He flew the Cessna Bobcat [Annotator's Note...
Porche, Albert Earning Respect
Albert Porche went into the service after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The armed forces were trying to recruit as many...

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