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DiFulco, Jerome Early Life
Jerome Paul DiFulco was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1921. He grew up there during the hard times of the...
Knapp, William Early Life
William “Bill” Knapp was born in July 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He moved from there to a farm in Allerton, Iowa when...
Skaggs, Jack Early Life
Jack Skaggs was born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression. His father was a truck driver...
Marolda, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Marolda was born May 1923 in Winsted, Connecticut. He was born to a family of Italian immigrants and was the...
Ussery, Jake Early Life
Jake Ussery was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas which is a small town north of Little Rock. His mother's parents lived...
Arledge, Mahlen Early Life
Mahlen P. Arledge was born in Dixie, Louisiana in 1924. As a young man in the Depression era, his father had oil wells...
Dietzel, Paul Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with Paul Dietzel and the interviewer talking about LORAN and flying over the vast...
Gehrett, John Early LIfe
John Gehrett was born in July 1921 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where grew up and was educated. The family home was on...
Grahlfs, F. Early Life
F. Lincoln Grahlfs was born in December 1922 in New Haven Connecticut. His father was a World War 1 veteran who had a...
Bannai, Paul Early Life
Paul Takeo Bannai was born in July 1920 in Delta, Colorado, to Japanese parents. His grandfather got into the coal...
Wilson, Adolph Early Life
Adolph Wilson was born in Oakdale, Louisiana in 1922. Before the war, his father was in the coffee business. He...
Guillory, Lloyd Early Life
Lloyd Guillory was born in Berwick, Louisiana in 1925 and lived there until 1935. He had three older sisters. In 1935,...
St. Germain, John Early Life
John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...
Jackson, William Early Life
William Jackson was born in April 1923 in El Paso, Texas. He lived there until he was 16 years old. He moved to...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Early Life
Rollins Rosenzweig was born in 1924 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His father was a prosperous man who had a grocery store...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Early Life
Martin Carmody was raised in California and was a senior at San Jose State University. His family had lived there for...
Pierce, William "Bill" Early Life
William Pierce was born in Queens Village Long Island, New York in January 1925. He grew up in Queens and attended...
Taylor, Claude Early Life
Claude Larry Taylor was born in November 1926 in Sorrento, Louisiana. His father worked for the lumber industry moving...
Ross, George Early Life
George Vincent Ross was born in September 1926 in Albany, New York. He grew up there. He had one brother, Edward, and...
Cole, Edgar Early Life
Edgar Marion Cole was born in Dallas, Texas in 1925. His parents were poor and he had to help the family financially...
Ashton, Jackson Early Life
Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....
Rosenbloom, Myers Early Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was born in June 1922 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He has three sisters, many nieces and...
Daquarna, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...
Heath, David Early Life
David Heath was born in November 1921 in Toppenish, Washington. When he was seven, his family moved to Montana. While...
Fisher, David Early Life
David Fisher was born in December 1925 in Evangeline, Louisiana and grew up in Jennings, Louisiana where his family...
Zeringer, Harold Early Life
Harold Zeringer was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1922 and grew up in New Orleans. There were good neighbors and friends...
Tizzard, Thomas Early Life , Working for Higgins, Enlistment and Deployment to New Caledonia
Thomas A. Tizzard Jr. was born in July 1924 in Echo, Louisiana. His family owned a farm and in 1938 they moved to New...
Watson, Harry Early Life and Enlistment
Harry Watson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in August 1926. His father was a glazier, his mother a housewife and he...
Bowsher, Walter Early Life and Army Service
Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....
Leith, Hal Early Life and Army/OSS Training
Harold “Hal” Leith was born in June 1919 in Butte, Montana. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
David, Maynard Early Life and Becoming a Bombardier
Maynard David grew up on a farm west of Topeka, Kansas. He went to high school in Silver Lake, Kansas and graduated in...
Scales, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...
Moore, Hilar Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Hilar Clement Moore, Jr., served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. During the war, he was a...
Oliver, Byron Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Bryon Carl Oliver was born in July 1922 in Buffalo, New York. As a child, he played sports including skiing, baseball...
Morris, Mac Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...
Pritchard, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James H. "Jim" Pritchard was born in August 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up there. He had three sisters and two...

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