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Uttero, Cosmo Prewar Life and Drafted
Cosmo Uttero was born in December 1923 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. After high school, he worked as a lathe operator in...
Kitts, James Prewar Life and Drafted
James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...
Sacks, Abraham Prewar Life and Drafted
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
Burrus, William Prewar Life and Drafted
William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...
Kuwayama, Yeiichi "Kelly" Prewar Life and Education
Kelly Kuwayama's official name is Yeiichi but everybody calls him Kelly. Kelly's first sergeant gave him the nickname,...
Roxandich, George Prewar Life and Education
George H. Roxandich was born in August 1925 in Lansford, Pennsylvania and attended Lansford High School. His father was...
Rhoads, Benjamin "Dusty" Prewar Life and Enlistment
Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads was born in Clovis, New Mexico in March 1922 and moved to Farmington, New Mexico shortly after...
Keller, Richard Prewar Life and Enlistment
Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville [Annotator's Note: Hahnville, Louisiana]. He started in the first grade the year...
Danegger, Alfred Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Alfred "Al" Danegger's father grew up on the Swiss-German border. At the age of 14, Danegger won a prize in photography...
Cole, John Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
John H. Cole was born in January 1922 in Greene County, Arkansas, in a little community named Epsby [Annotator's Note:...
Damonte, Emmanuel Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Emmanuel Nazarro Damonte [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling on middle name] was born in San Francisco [Annotator's...
Gibson, Robert "Doby" Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Robert W. "Doby" Gibson was born in Utica, Mississippi in August 1924. He was nicknamed, "Doby", after a professional...
Scoppa, Carmen Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview.]...
Brantley, Vernon Prewar Life and Entry into the Military
Vernon Brantley was born in Sturgis, Kentucky in September 1924. He moved to South Bend, Indiana with his family...
Scherer, Monroe Prewar Life and Extended Family
Monroe Scherer was born in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn, New York] in March 1926. He lived in Manhattan [...
Cupina, John Prewar Life and into the Army
John J. Cupina was born in 1926 in Binghamton, New York. His parents worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in...
Hazard, Mark Prewar life and Joining the Army
Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. was born in 1923 and raised in West Point, Mississippi. His father's family moved to...
Zingheim, John Prewar Life and Overseas Deployment
Dr. John Julien Zingheim was born in July 1923 in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose, California]. [Annotator's Note...
Nordstrom, Clyde Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Clyde Nordstrom was born in June 1928 in Minneapolis [Annotator's Note: Minneapolis, Minnesota]. He had a good time...
Weil, Roswell Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Roswell J. Weil was born in February 1916 in Alexandria, Louisiana. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer tries a...
Roberts, John Prewar life and Pearl Harbor
John M. Roberts, called Jack, was born in Hamilton, Ohio in August 1924 and lived there until going into the Army. His...
Paege, Harry Prewar Life and Postwar Careers
Harry George Paege, Junior was born in November 1921 in South Bend, Indiana. His grandmother died and his grandfather...
Ellenberg, Bernard Prewar Life and Postwar Reflections
When Bernard Ellenberg went into the service, he enlisted in the Army because he was told they would send him to school...
Sichler, George Prewar Life and Race Relations
George Sichler never knew his mother as she died when he was three years old. He was raised in an old adobe [Annotator'...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Prewar Life and Rationing
Herbert Yudenfriend was born in November 1926 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His...
Burkett, William Prewar Life and Training
William Burkett was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in November 1925. He had three...
Waldeck, Frank Prewar Life and Training
Frank J. Waldeck was born in May 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended high school there before studying accounting and...
Slack, Otis Prewar Life in the Army
Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...
Hirabayashi, Grant Prewar Life in the United States and Japan
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer explains things to the interviewee for the first 30 seconds of tape.] Grant Jiro...
Werner, Jack Prewar Life in Vienna
Jack Werner was born in 1919 in Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. His father was a mechanical engineer and...
Jones, Johnnie Prewar Life Through Sixth Grade
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was born in November 1919 in Laurel Hill, Louisiana. He had three brothers and four sisters....
Graddy, J. Prewar Life to Army
J. D. Graddy was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky in March 1925. He was the fifth child in a family of 11 siblings. One...
Liston, Earl Prewar Life to Army
Earl Roger Liston was born in October 1923 in Mitchell, South Dakota with four brothers. His father was a farmer who...
Lowder, James Prewar Life to Army
[Annotator's Note: There is white noise throughout this clip.] James L. Lowder was born in Cleveland, Ohio in June 1926...
Luce, Dwain Prewar Life to Army Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation regarding how the interview is going to be accomplished.]...
Carlson, Donald Prewar Life to Army Enlistment
Donald Rudolph Carlson was born in 1929 [Annotator's Note: in Chicago, Illinois]. Life was great growing up. His...

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