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Malone, Dorothy "GiGi" Prewar Life
Dorothy Malone was born in June 1922 in Ware, Massachusetts. Her father passed away when she was a child. Her mother...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Prewar Life
Ora Pierce Hicks married John Hicks at a German prisoner of war camp in Arizona. She has a twin brother named Otis. She...
Tolles, Martha Prewar Life
Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...
Blank, Calvin Prewar Life
Calvin Blank was born in January 1926 in Bronx, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs in...
Flores, Belisario Prewar Life
Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores is from San Antonio, Texas. He served from January 1945 to August 1946. He remained...
Nygren, Karl Prewar Life
Carl Nygren was born in March 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was a colony town. They had a radio. There were...
Stables, Barbara Prewar Life
Barbara Stables was born in November 1926 in Mobile, Alabama. They were not affected too much by the Depression [...
Smith, Lamar Prewar Life
Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith was born in Jasper, Texas in May 1927. He grew up in Mineola, Texas with his parents...
Osborne, Loraine Prewar Life
Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...
Settles, Louise Prewar Life
Louise Settles was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in June 1916. She was working for Bethlehem Steel at Fore River...
Naylor, Rosamond Prewar Life
Rosamund Naylor was born in April 1922 in Massachusetts. Her family lived in her grandfather’s house. Her father worked...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Rosemary Ramsey was born in Levington, Michigan [Annotator's...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Prewar Life
Betty Peak was born October 1923 in a small town in Plains, Meade County, Kansas. Her grandfather was an Irish...
Kruse, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...
Steeg, Moise Prewar Life and Drafted
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...
Halberg, Norma Prewar Life and Flight School
Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Carolyn Bridgforth was born in February 1923 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. It was wonderful growing up there. No crime,...
Shimp, Marcella Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor Attack
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in November 1923], but grew up in...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Prewar Life and War Letters
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Jennie Rosenzweig in conversation with people off camera.] Jennie Rosenzweig...
Gemperline, Eugene Prewar Life to Basic Training
Eugene J. Gemperline was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: A telephone rings in the background...
Elliott, Calvin Prewar Life to Basic Training
Calvin Elliott was born in February 1918 in Whitesville, Delaware. He grew up in Maryland after moving there when he...
Hillard, Frank Prewar Life to Bombsight Training
Frank Hilliard was born in May 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was always an aircraft enthusiast and took his first...
Drake, Betty Prewar Life to Boot Camp
Betty Sue Drake was born in November 1924 in Winston County, Alabama, where she graduated from high school. Pearl...
Castellano, Nancy Prewar Life to Enlistment
Nancy Lynch Castellano was born in January 1924 in Belleville, New Jersey, with three siblings. Her father worked for...
Morgan, Dorothy "Dorothy Wuestner" Prewar Life to Enlistment
Dorothy Wuestner Morgan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1922. It was very rural there at that time...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Prewar Life to Enlistment
Sara "Sally" Manning was born on 12 June 1925 in the small town of Lock Haven in Pennsylvania. Lock Haven was home to...
Williams, Bernice Prewar Life to Enlistment
Bernice Williams was born in March 1921 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had a normal life. Her father worked for an...
Wilson, Bobby Prewar Life to Marine
Bobby C. Wilson was born in West Monroe [Annotator's Note: West Monroe, Louisiana] in February 1925. His father was a...
de la Vergne, Cyril Prewar Life to Marine Corps
[Annotator's Note: The screen starts out black.] Cyril de la Vergne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 12 December [...
Vandervort, Jack Prewar Life to Merchant Marine
Jack Vandervort was born in Bigheart, Oklahoma in December 1921. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
Heneghan, James Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Doctor James B. Heneghan grew up in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He was born in La Porte, Indiana in...
Soskin, Betty Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Betty Soskin was born in September 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. She was invited to be a panelist at The National WWII...
Francis, Norman Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Dr. Norman Francis was born in March 1931 in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was a poor country town just coming out of the...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor Attack
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto was born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1919. Her mother was 19 and her father was a widower with two...
Winslow, Lawson Prewar Life to Postwar Navy Life
Lawson T. Winslow, Junior was born February 1926 in Hardin, Montana in Little Bighorn County, where Custer [Annotator's...
Levee, Harris Prewar Life to Secret Life
Harris H. Levee was born in August 1919 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of...

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