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Schafer, Leon Preparing to Invade Japan
Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...
Dennis, Bettylu Prewar
Bettylu Dennis was born in April 1923 in Aurora, Indiana. Beginning in fifth grade, the family moved around several...
Shaner, Robert Prewar Education to the Marines
Robert D. Shaner's mom was German and was upset with the Germans after the First World War and her German relatives who...
Zilliacus, Patrick Prewar Finland and Emigration
Patrick Zilliacus was born in May 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. Life growing up was fantastic. His parents divorced when...
Kiplinger, Austin Prewar Germany to Squadron Assignment
Austin H. Kiplinger took trips to Germany in 1932 and 1938. Allusions to the war effort were everywhere. In 1938, he...
Cale, Sterling Prewar Hawaii
Sterling Cale was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1921. Shortly after birth, he went into an orphanage for four years....
Emory, Ray Prewar Honolulu
Life was rather simple in Honolulu, Hawaii when Ray Emory got there in October 1941. He didn't drink in those days, so...
Tarkington, Frank Prewar Jobs and Prewar Navy Life
Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...
Neyland, Leedell Prewar Life
Leedell Neyland was born in Gloster, Mississippi in August 1921. He had seven brothers and one sister. They went to...
Tarkington, Frank Prewar Life
Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...
Jenkins, Frederick Prewar Life
Frederick Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He grew up in the fields. His father was a college...
Ladner, Nimocks Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Nimocks Foyle Ladner already in conversation with the interviewer.] Ladner...
Bruce, Charles Prewar Life
Charles Bruce was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1926. He had two brothers and a sister. He was the oldest. He was...
Pierce, Jack Prewar life
Jack Pierce was born in 1921 and grew up near Kirbyville [Annotator’s Note: Kirbyville, Texas] in a sawmill town called...
Klinepeter, David Prewar Life
David Klinepeter was born in April 1926 in Pembroke, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers. His father ran a trolley car...
Toole, Edward Prewar life
Edward Thomas Toole was born in 1925 in Millen, Georgia. He had four brothers and one sister. He was the youngest boy,...
Mouton, George Prewar Life
George Mouton was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1926. He was young during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Miralles, Richard Prewar Life
Richard Miralles was born in July 1924 in Anderson, California. He was an orphan. His parents separated. He lived with...
Donaldson, Buck Prewar Life
Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...
Bennett, Loren Prewar Life
Loren Bennett was born in October 1927 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He did not have any siblings....
Bucher, Francis Prewar Life
Francis Bucher was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His was a friendly neighborhood where everybody knew...
Andriano, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Andriano was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in February 1926....
Lynch, James Prewar Life
James Paul Lynch served on the USS Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)] and the USS Sea Dog [Annotator's Note:...
Hartman, Joseph Prewar life
Joseph Hartmann was born in September 1925 in Patterson, New Jersey. He had two sisters that are younger. In the...
Mitchel, Lyle Prewar Life
Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...
Townsend, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Prewar Life
Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Prewar Life
Wallace Edward Spencer, originally Wallace Smigirow, was born in Woodside, New York in October 1925. He has one older...
Maynard, Joe Prewar Life
Joseph “Joe” Maynard was born in August 1922 in Oakley, Tennessee. He had three brothers and one sister. He was the...
Fisher, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Fisher was born in January 1925 in Marshall, Texas. He had one brother who was two years older. He went through...
Koenig, Elmer Prewar Life
Elmer Koenig was born in July 1925 in Santa Ana, California. His older sister died in 1918. He grew up in Orange [...
Patton, Grant Prewar Life
Grant Patton was born in Oklahoma in May 1915. He had three radio shops in Texas. He serviced jukeboxes, record players...
Sullivan, George Prewar Life
George Joseph Sullivan goes by "Joe Sullivan" because he has great relatives who were named Joe Sullivan, all the way...
Alair, Gene Prewar Life
Gene Alair was born in February 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. His mother was in the entertainment business, so they...
Fishman, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...
Corson, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene Corson was born in March 1922 in Stanford, Connecticut. In 1936, his father got a job working on submarines in...

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