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Hollingsworth, Chester Early Life
Chester Hollingsworth was born on a farm in October 1917 near Greenville, Texas. He had two brothers and two sisters....
Neher, Lisle Early Life
Lisle Neher was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in August 1924. Life in Oshkosh was wonderful. There was a lot to do and...
Barnes, William Early Life
William Lee Barnes was born in December 1926 in Cottondale, Florida. He started school in Saint Andrews, Florida but...
de Jonge, Wim Early Life
Wim de Jonge was born in February 1920 in Rotterdam, Holland. His parents were both teachers. The family moved to the...
Bollich, James Early Life
James Joseph Bollich was born in August 1921 south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
Colquitt, James Early Life
James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children. His family lived on a...
Lemme, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Joseph Lemme was born in January 1926 in Albany [Annotator's Note: Albany, New York]. He had two older brothers...
Whitman, Melvin Early Life
Melvin C. Whitman was born and raised in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. In high school, his...
Bass, Stewart Early Life
Stewart "Stu" Bass was born and raised in Western Montana, about 20 miles outside of Missoula. He was the middle child...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Early Life
Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...
Walter, Louis Early Life
Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...
Charles, Howard Early Life
Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...
Singlaub, John Early Life
General John Singlaub was born in 1921 in the Owens Valley of the Eastern Sierra Range of California. His grandfather...
Perino, Salvador Early Life
Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...
Taylor, Fulton Early Life
Fulton "Jack" Taylor was born in 1925 in Corbin, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: cannot verify town name]. The family...
Cole, Arles Early Life
Arles E. Cole was born in Porum, Oklahoma in December 1923. He grew up there. His childhood was rough. It was the...
Arceneaux, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...
Draxler, Donald Early Life
Donald Draxler was born in Glenwood City, Wisconsin in July 1923. His home town was near the "Twin Cities" [Annotator’s...
Joslin, Harold Early Life
Harold Eugene "Hal" Joslin was born in 1918 in Port Angeles or Sequim, Washington. He was born and raised on a dairy...
Mills, Willis Early Life
Willis Mills was born in July 1926 and grew up in Holyoke, Colorado. It was a small farming community. His father...
Samuelson, Jack Early Life
Jack D. Samuelson is a World War Two veteran. He was interviewed at 88 years of age in a senior citizens’ home. He met...
Campisano, Frank Early Life
Frank Campisano was born in April 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. He had a happy childhood and family. During the...
Lamm, Allen Early Life
Allen Lamm was born in 1924 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. He grew up there and can remember the physical punishment he...
Cook, Harold Early Life
Harold C. Cook grew up in Warren, Ohio. He was the youngest in the family. He had a brother who was popular and active...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Early Life
Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...
Frazier, Glenn Early Life
Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" Early Life
Bill Norberg was born in November 1922 in Lemington, Wisconsin. When Norberg was five or six years old, his family...
Wisher, Charles Early Life
Charles "Chuck" Wisher was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1926. His father was in construction so at five years of...
O'Rorke, James Early Life
James Richard O'Rorke was born in Washington, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in September 1922] which is known for...
Damberg, Wanda Early LIfe
Wanda Damberg was born of a Dutch father who served as a diplomat in the Philippines starting in 1916. He met Damberg’s...
Hahn, Clifford Early Life
Clifford Albert Hahn was born in August 1922 in Freemansburg, Pennsylvania. There were ten siblings in the family. His...
Lewis, Noah Early Life
Noah Lewis was born in March 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He had a normal life growing up. His mother was a house...
Niec, Stanley Early Life
Stanley John Niec was born in May 1926 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] and was raised there. He was...
Vater, Joseph Early Life
Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...
Surratt, Carey Early Life
Carey Suratt was born in July 1926 in Dennison, Ohio. His father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad as a fireman. His...
Steglich, Lenwood Early Life
Lenwood Steglich was born in September 1922 in Rosenberg, Texas. His father was a farmer and moved to Bartlett, Texas...

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