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William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...

Carl Robert Gatlin was born in January 1920 in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He grew up with two younger sisters in his...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...

Richard J. Field was born and raised in Upstate New York in the small town of Liberty. He lived on the outskirts of...

Fred Topel decided to go into the National Guard with a few other friends. He was only 16 years old, so he had to lie...

George Henry Rosenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. His father was able to retain a job in the railroad...

Edward LaPorta was born in Italy in 1917. He grew up and was educated in Italy as well. His dream was to be a...

Harley Reynolds had never been more than 20 or 30 miles away from home. In one day’s time, he more than exceeded that...

Holloman was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1924. His father worked for the US Postal Service from 1919 until 1969.As...

Kanaya felt that living during the Depression years and learning to live under those conditions, working and living on...

Thomas W. Stevenson, Jr. was born in 1922 in Brownsville, Texas. He grew up with one sister and two brothers. During...

[Annotator’s Note: There is white noise in the background.] Theodore “Ted” R. Rogal was born in January 1924 in...

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