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Chinnis, Edward Early Life and Pearl Harbor
Edward Chinnis was born in August 1924 in Ravenel, South Carolina. After graduating high school Chinnis had a...
West, Gerald L. Early Life and Pearl Harbor
Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...
Templet, Robert Paul Early Life and Prewar Service in the Navy
Robert Templet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1920. At the age of five years old, his family moved to...
Kynett, Gerald Early Life and Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Gerald Kynett was born in December 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, right outside...
Whitaker, Harold Early Life and Reuniting with Family
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with the interviewer introducing himself.] Harold Whitaker was born in Henrietta,...
Dugas, Sr., Maurice Early Life and Testing Atomic Bombs at Bikini Atoll
Maurice Joseph Dugas, Sr. was born in September 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked at the Roosevelt...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Early Life and the Draft
Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...
Gruber, Harper Early Life and the Draft
Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...
Reissig, Floyd J. Early Life and the Navy
Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...
Goyette, Donald Early Life and the U.S. Entrance Into War
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation between the interviewer and Donald F. Goyette who goes off...
Muri, James Early life in the Military
James Muri joined the Army so that he could become a pilot. Growing up in Montana Muri did not see many airplanes. He...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Early Life in the Philippines
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine was born in July 1927 in Baguio, Philippines [Annotator's Note: Baguio, Luzon,...
Carroll, Orville Early Life through Deployment
Orville Carroll was born in Bend, Oregon in December 1924. He grew up in Sisters, Oregon, graduated from high school...
Sutcliffe, Albert Early Life to Deployment
Albert G. Sutcliffe was born 12 May 1925 in Bisbee, Arizona. When he was about two years old his family moved to Los...
Amrod, Paul Early Life to Enlistment
Paul Amrod was born in November 1926 in Saugerties, New York, the tenth of 11 children. His father, a Lebanese...
Born, James Early Life to Iwo Jima
James Born was born in 1922 in Denver, Colorado. His father was a railroad man so his family was living in Denver or...
Barger, Joseph Early Life to Navy Life
Joseph Barger was born in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He took a bus to school...
Grossman, Sidney Early Life to Navy Training
[Annotator's Notes: There is some chit chat between the interviewer and interviewee before the interview begins.]...
Sniff, Alvin Early Life to Ship Life
Alvin Sniff was born in March 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When the war started, he quit school and went to work in...
McLain, Cecil Early Life to the Battle of Okinawa
Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...
Sherbecoe, Martin Early Life to Working in Hawaii
Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...
Smith, John Early Life, and Enlistment
John E. Smith was born in June 1922 in Magnolia, Arkansas. His father was an Army sergeant and the family moved around...
Caraway, John Early Life, Commissioning and Deployment
John F. Caraway was born on in November 1922 in Baytown, Texas, the son of an antiques dealer. At an early age, his...
Keller, Fred Early Life, Drafted into the Navy, and Deployment
Fred L. Keller Jr. was born Algiers, Louisiana in January 1924. After he graduated high school, he got a job working at...
Wilterdink, Virginia Early Life, Education and Enlistment
Virginia Wilterdink was born near the Canadian border in Woodland, Maine in October 1922. She was one of five children...
Henleben, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Amphibious Training
Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...
Childs, J. Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
J. W. Childs was born in Cisco, Texas. From a young age, however, he and his little sister lived with their parents in...
Horton, Alan Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...
Piazzo, Lincoln Early Life, Enlistment and Aviation Training
Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...
Stewart, Stanley Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Stanley Stewart was born in July 1924 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He lived in that model small town, where his father...
Baumgarten, Aaron Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Aaron Baumgarten was born in 1922 in New York, New York, the fifth of the five sons in his family. His father worked in...
Spraker, Elmer Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...
Kinzler, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Robert Kinzler was born in Newark, New Jersey, but his hometown was just outside the city in Irvington. He graduated...
Guercia, Salvador Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...
Emory, Ray Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Ray Emory was born in Peoria, Illinois, one of eight children. His father lost his leg during the Great Depression,...
Carawan, Chris Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Chris Carawan was born in 1926 in Washington, North Carolina into a family of seagoing people. His father was a sea...

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