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Medway, Irwin Prewar Life to Being Drafted
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Irwin Medway talking with the interviewer about his current life and classes...
Bielec, William Prewar Life to Being Drafted
William F. Bielec was born in March 1917 [Annotator's Note: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was born into a Polish-...
Hihn, Stewart Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Stewart Hihn was born in Baltimore, Maryland in August 1923. His father died when he was only 21 months old, and he was...
Jameson, Andrew Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Andrew George Jameson was born in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in April 1925. His father...
McDonald, Robert Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Robert W. McDonald was born in Carlinville, Illinois in January 1924. His father was born when Abraham Lincoln [...
Biondo, Frank Prewar Life to Being Drafted
[Annotator's Note: Someone offscreen talks to the interviewer about looking at Frank Biondo's uniform.] Frank Biondo...
Parham, Henry Prewar Life to Being Drafted
[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] Henry Parham was born in November 1921 in...
Zarger, Edward Prewar Life to Being Shot At
Edward Zarger was born in March 1926 in Hagerstown, Maryland. His father was a farmer. His mother was an organist....
Bache-Wiig, John Prewar Life to Boot Camp
John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s name is hyphenated because he is Norwegian. Somebody had married and had two children and both...
Klimas, Irvin Prewar Life to Boot Camp
Irvin C. Klimas was born in Wheeling, West Virginia in October 1920. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what...
Spinato, Angelo Prewar Life to Boxer in College
Angelo Joseph Spinato was born in August 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He never left...
Ruiz, Manuel Prewar Life to Combat
Manuel Ruiz was born in March 1921 in Dallas, Texas but was raised by foster parents in Minnesota. His foster family...
Fiore, Dominick Prewar Life to Deployment
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Dominic Fiore asking the interviewer not to repeat a story of his killing...
Friedenberg, Bernard Prewar Life to Deployment
Bernard Friedenberg was born on 10 October 1921. He grew up in Atlantic City [Annotator's Note: Atlantic City, New...
Willhour, Dick Prewar Life to Deployment
Richard "Dick" Willhour was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1924. He had a younger brother who served in the Air...
Bachmann, George Prewar Life to Deployment
George W. Bachmann, Junior was born in 1925 in Akron, Ohio and was raised there with one brother and two sisters. His...
Yip, Wallace Prewar Life to Drafted
Wallace Yip, Sr. was born in Canton, China and left when he was ten years old. He left his mother and came to the...
Little, Henry Prewar Life to Drafted
Henry Floyd Little was born Kemper County, Mississippi near DeKalb. He lived in the country and his family raised their...
Squire, Vernon Prewar Life to Drafted
Vernon Squire was born in a farming community that was a very small town [Annotator's Note: Orland, California]. Being...
Hackman, Delbert Prewar Life to Drafted
Delbert Franklin Hackman was born on a farm near Havana, Illinois in September 1919. He grew up on a farm and worked...
Reluga, Matthew Prewar Life to Drafted
Matthew A. Reluga was playing football and got the notice that Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the...
Baxter, Lionel Prewar Life to Drafted
Lionel Baxter served in the 941st Field Artillery in Battery A [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 941st Field Artillery...
Forcinella, Frank Prewar Life to Drafted
Frank Forcinella was born in February 1925 in Rensselaer, New York. His childhood was good. They had hard times and...
Gierka, Eugene Prewar Life to Drafted
Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...
Rooney, Andrew Prewar Life to Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the set up and with Andrew A. Rooney looking through a book while talking...
Rugeley, Robert Prewar Life to Drafted
Robert S. Rugeley was born in January 1925 in Dallas, Texas. He was raised in Wichita Falls, Texas. His father was the...
Guitard, Robert Prewar Life to Drafted
Robert Guitard was born in January 1927 in Westbrook, Maine, the home of Rudy Vallée [Annotator's Note: Hubert Prior...
Alspaugh, James Prewar Life to Drafted
James Alspaugh was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 1925. His parents came to Oklahoma when it was still Indian...
Levit, Sydney Prewar Life to Drafted
Sydney Levit was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] in July 1924. He grew up in a...
Tallon, Donald Prewar Life to Drafted
Don Tallon was born in Trenton, New Jersey in August 1924. His family was quite poor. The neighborhood was segmented...
Larson, William Prewar Life to Engineer
William H. Larson was born in December 1917 in Fremont, Nebraska. His parents were second-generation Scandinavians. His...
Bowling, Don Prewar Life to England
Don Bowling was born in Penoke, near Princeton, West Virginia in July 1925. His father was superintendent of mines and...
Keller, Jack Prewar Life to England
Jack Keller was born in June 1924 in Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio]. His parents and brother were...
London, James Prewar Life to England
James Harvard London was born in Cordell, Oklahoma in June 1925. London does not remember growing up. His father worked...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" Prewar Life to England
Charlie Lomax was born in January 1921 in East Spencer, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University [...
Parker, William Prewar Life to England
William "Bill" Parker was born in November 1924 in Torrance, California. Parker grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In his...

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