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Gomez, Hewitt Growing Up During the Depression
Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925 with two brothers and two sisters. During the...
Flanagan, Earl Growing Up During the Great Depression
Earl Flanagan was born in Harvey, Illinois in December 1924. He grew up with three older sisters and a large extended...
Harned, Harley Growing Up during the Great Depression
Harley Harned was born in October 1924 on his grandfather’s farm in Troy Township, Michigan. His father was a streetcar...
Ritter, Louise Growing up in Arkansas
Louise Post Ritter was born in Corfu, Washington in July 1921. She grew up in Altus, Arkansas in a family of eight...
Belliard, Diana Growing Up in Berlin
For Diana Belliard, life in Berlin, Germany was wonderful. It was an easy life for a child. She was home schooled and...
Haffner, Robert Growing up in Detroit during the Great Depression
Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...
Morrison, Leila Growing Up in Georgia
Leila Morrison was born in July 1922 in Blue Ridge, Georgia. She had a very happy childhood. Her father was a merchant...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Growing Up In Hawaii
Herbert Weatherwax [Annotator's Note: Mr. Weatherwax's name is actually Clarence Herbert Weatherwax] was born in...
Osterhoudt, Ralph Growing up in Hyde Park
Ralph Osterhoudt, Sr. was born in Hyde Park, New York in March 1926 and was one of 12 children. He lived during the...
Thomas, Kenneth Growing up in Memphis and War Production
[Annotator's Note: There is some informal talking between the interviewer and interviewee at the beginning of the tape...
Leskovic, Elvia Growing up in Nazi Germany
Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec's most memorable experience was when the American Army moved in [Annotator's...
Barnett, William Growing up in New Orleans
William M. Barnett was born in June 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in the city, had an older sister,...
Lombardo, Samuel Growing up in Pennsylvania
Samuel Lombardo appreciated his boyhood in Pennsylvania. He grew up admiring the forefathers of the United States. They...
Mammino, Joseph Growing up in Philadelphia
[Annotator’s Note: Talking is audible in the background throughout the segment.] Joseph John Mammino was born in 1924...
Heming, Barbara Growing Up in Postwar Germany
Barbara Heming's mother worked as a maid on another farm. It was a tough life for her. Her father's brother had...
Wood, Mary Growing Up in Prewar London
Mary Frances Dorothy Wood was born in London, England in January 1925. Her family moved to Dulwich [Annotator's Note:...
Whiteside, Howard Growing up in Rural Tennessee
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person assisting the interviewee with answering the interviewer’s questions throughout...
Ballew, Thomas Growing up in South Carolina
Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...
Gustafson, Gerald Growing Up in Stockton
Gerald “Gerry” Gustafson was born in December 1921 in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois] and grew up in...
Martin, James Growing up in Sugar Creek
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Hanson, Kenneth Growing Up in the Depression
Kenneth J. Hanson was born in Scobey, Montana in July 1924 inside of an abandoned railroad station while his father was...
Bahman, Manfred Growing Up in the Rise of Hitler
In February 1945, Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies had...
Brown, Roscoe Growing Up in Washington D.C. and Becoming a Fighetr Pilot
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown was born in Washington D.C. and lived there for the first 17 years of his life. Washington D.C. was...
Weinreich, Frieda Growing up Jewish in Poland
Frieda Weinreich was born in July 1924 in Lodz, Poland. She was the baby of the family of six children. They were an...
Barber, Ernest Growing Up on a Farm
Ernest Barber was born in September 1924 in rural Mississippi with three brothers and one sister while his father...
Baxter, Lionel Guard Duty at Buchenwald
The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at...
Willett, Richard Guarding American Prisoners at Fort Bragg
Richard Willett went to Fort Bragg [Annotator's Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He had a girlfriend in Washington, D...
Altman, Daniel Guarding Nazi Officers
After World War 2, Daniel Altman served in Nuremberg [Annotator’s Note: Nuremberg, Germany] and guarded the Nazi...
Walker, Mort Guarding POWs and Investigating Crimes
When Mort Walker was in charge of the POW camp [Annotators Note: see segment titled Overseas Duty in Italy] there were...
Ammerman, Gale Guarding Prisoners on D-Day
In Normandy on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Gale Ammerman left his...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Guarding the Border
Seymour Mermelstein was on night patrols most of the time and says they are all pretty much the same. He went out on...
Moskin, Alan Guilt, PTSD, and Fear
Alan Moskin says there is something called "guilt" [Annotator's Note: for killing in combat]. It is hard to put into...
Swarts, John Gunner Training and Crew Assignment
During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic depression that lasted from 1929...
Ramsey, Frank Gunnery School
Frank Ramsey had gunnery training in Arizona. They shot a lot of skeet. They had .30 caliber machine guns [Annotator's...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Gunnery Training
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was drafted. They gave him a heavy coat. He had tried for the ski troops. They were on their way...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Gunnery Training
After February 1944, Lewis Thomas Easterling trained in ground gunnery and aerial gunnery attempting to score enough...

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