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Cole, Edward Prewar Life
Edward C. Cole was born in December 1918 and grew up in Bordentown, New Jersey during the Depression [Annotator's Note...
Campbell, Clifford Prewar Life
Clifford Campbell was born in Oklahoma in November 1924. His family was poor growing up. In 1936, his father bought a...
Reilly, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Dean Reilly was born in May 1921 in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was the oldest child. He had a younger brother....
Fair, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Fair was one of ten children. He was born in July 1925 in Arkansas. He was the youngest child. He grew up in...
Grimes, Vodioe Prewar Life
Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...
Reitmeier, George Prewar Life
George Reitmeier was born in June 1925 in Lackawanna, New York. He grew up in a German and Polish neighborhood with a...
Myers, Julia Prewar Life
Julia L. Myers was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. Her father always had a...
Jennings, Edward Prewar Life
Edward Bruce Jennings was born in December 1924 in Port Arthur, Texas. At his age, children did not worry about the...
Yeagley, Richard Prewar Life
Richard Yeagely was born in November 1925 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He had one brother who was in the Navy. His mother...
Bass, Leon Prewar Life
Leon Bass was born in January 1925 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...
Donovan, Robert Prewar Life
Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist....
Kagan, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Kagan was born in July 1922 in Hartford, Connecticut. He had one brother and two sisters. He was the youngest....
Fagerstrom, Stanley Prewar Life
Stanley Fagerstrom was born in June 1923 in Schaffer, North Dakota. He had a sister who was eight years older than him...
Bodson, Henry Prewar Life
Henry Bodson was born in 1917 in Dobzyn, Poland [Annotator's Note: Dobrzyn, Poland]. His family left Poland in 1921 and...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Prewar Life
Frank Aleksandrowicz was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in December 1921. He took time off from college to work as a...
Petrus, Andrew Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person appears in the background throughout this segment.] Andrew Petrus was born in Bridgeville,...
Spint, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Spint was born in February 1925 in Billings, Montana and lived there until he was in the sixth grade. He had...
Stern, Debra Prewar Life
Debra Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York] in...
Fatora, Jerome Prewar Life
Returning to questions about his prewar life, Jerome Fatora said that the Great Depression was a difficult time, but...
Sussman, Marvin Prewar Life
Marvin Sussman was born in Chicago, Illinois in August 1923. Other than one trip to see his grandparents in New York,...
Ellenberg, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Ellenberg was born in 1921 in Poland and had five brothers and one sister. His father was born in Austria, and...
Casillas, Joseph Prewar Life
Joe G. Casillas was born in San Pedro, California in October 1925. He grew up around Pacoima [Annotator's Note: Pacoima...
Dixon, Leon Prewar Life
Leon Dixon was born in June 1918 in Batchelor, in the parish of Pointe Coupee [Annotator's Note: Louisiana]. It was...
Guidry, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Guidry was born in Rayne, Louisiana in August 1925. When he was 15 years old, he moved to New Orleans [...
Spaulding, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Spaulding was born in August 1925 in Oxnard, California. Back then, some women, including his mother were sent...
Roed, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Roed was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. He had an older brother, who was also in the service, and a younger...
Albertson, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Albertson was born in 1923 in Millville [Annotator's Note: Millville, Pennsylvania]. The children were nice....
Bourg, Alton Prewar Life
Alton Bourg was born in November 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of nine children. His father was a...
Abate, Sam Prewar Life
Sam V. Abate was born in Saint Rose, Louisiana in November 1920. He lived there for the rest of his life after he came...
Briggs, Norman Prewar Life
Norman Alden Briggs was born in November 1925 in Jennings [Annotator's Note: Jennings, Louisiana]. He had three...
Stricklan, Mary Prewar Life
Mary R. Stricklan was born in May 1919 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: Gordon County, Georgia]. Growing up there was...
Heany, Mary Prewar Life
Mary T. Heany was born in July 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. They had a nice house. She walked to school with her brother...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Prewar Life
Neil Cox was born in Florala, Alabama in September 1925. He had two brothers and one sister. They lived on a farm. They...
Brown, Charles Prewar Life
Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...
Goodwin, Kenneth Prewar Life
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was born in August 1926 in South Berwick, Maine. He is the youngest of seven children. He was...
Van Matre, Russell Prewar Life
Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

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