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Golden, James Childhood to Pilot Training
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden was born in...
Lafferty, Ralph College
After high school, Ralph F. Lafferty went mountain climbing with his brothers. During that summer, he worked at a ranch...
Smith, Rothacker College and the Draft
Rothacker Smith attended North High School in Detroit, Michigan after his family moved back to the city from the...
Belliard, Diana College and the Marshall Plan
During the war years, Diana Belliard was in the United States. She lived in Chicago until 1940 then left to go to...
Cresswell, Constance Conscripted Into Service
When the Americans began arriving in England, Constance Cresswell attended a reception for the 92nd Bomber Group [...
Tinker, June Defense Work
June Tinker's older sister went to Patterson Field, Ohio for defense work training. Tinker went to Charleston, West...
Birnbaum, Stanley Deployment and Return
After Stanley Jack Birnbaum arrived in England, he sailed across the English Channel and arrived in France a few days...
Hatch, Norman Deployment to the Pacific
Norman Hatch finished his photography training in New York City sometime in April 1942 then returned to Quantico,...
Cole, Homer Earlfy Life and Becoming an Airman
Homer Cole was born in September 1925 in Jasper, Missouri. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father moved his...
Oreck, David Early Flight Training and Future Worries
David Oreck trained as a civilian pilot for the Lend-Lease Program [Annotator's Note: An Act to Promote the Defense of...
Tinker, June Early Life
June Tinker was born in Coal City, West Virginia in July 1925. She grew up there until she was six years old then moved...
Rorschach, Robert Early Life
Robert L. Rorschach was born in Tulsa [Annotator's Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma] in August 1922. It was a small town at the...
Befera, Victor Early Life
Victor Befera was born April 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in the small iron mining town near Canada with his...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Early Life
Abraham Rosenzweig was born in Chicago, Illinois in January 1924 and grew up there. He had three sisters named Shirley...
Fadem, Leroy Early Life
Leroy Fadem was born in February 1921 in New York, New York. His father worked on Wall Street and his mother was a home...
Johnson, John Early Life
John S. Johnson was born in Midco, Missouri in December 1921 and grew up during the Great Depression. His father had to...
Ratcliff, Henry Early Life
Henry Ratcliff was born in January 1923 in Columbia, Louisiana. He had five brothers. He grew up in the area of...
Drake, Joseph Early Life
Joseph J. Drake was born in October 1924 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and one sister. His father lost...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Early Life
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was born in Gary, Indiana in January 1925. He graduated from high school in Gary. Times during...
Duncan, Lloyd Early Life
Lloyd Duncan was born in 1926 in Coffeyville, Kansas. His father worked for the Sinclair Refinery. Duncan had one...
Lockhead, Harry Early Life
Harry W. Lockhead was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1925. He grew up in Chatham where his step-father had a butcher...
Suter, Martin Early Life
Martin L. Suter was born in January 1921, in Rochester, New York. He had a brother and sister growing up, but he was...
Mahoney, Timothy Early Life
Timothy James Mahoney was born in April 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and lived there for a few years. While still a...
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...
Hollis, Frederick Early Life
Fredrick Hollis was born in January 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. The Great Depression started in October 1929 and his...
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,...
Winslow, Lawson Early Life
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior was born in February 1926 in Arden, Montana. Custer's [Annotator's Note: US Army Major...
Rodriguez, Antonio Early Life
Antonio C. Rodriquez was born in Martindale, Texas near San Marcos in December 1921. Rodriguez grew up on a farm where...
Hirsch, Leon Early Life
Leon Hirsch was born in July 1927 in the Bronx in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He had one...
David, Chester Early Life
Chester David was born in March 1924 in Lacassine, Louisiana. He was the youngest of one brother and two sisters and...
Ganitch, Michael Early Life
Michael Mickey Ganitch was born in November 1919 in Mogadore, Ohio. He grew up on a farm with all the associated hard...
Feldman, Henry Early Life
Henry Feldman was born in 1925 and raised in Detroit. He had four siblings. His father was a tailor, and his brother...
Arst, Paul Early Life
Paul Arst was born in Memphis, Tennessee in February, 1921, but grew up in Drew, Mississippi. There were not many...
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...
McPhail, Joe Early Life
Joe K. McPhail was born in Carthage, Mississippi and grew up there. He joined the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian...
Elliott, Lucy Early Life and Becoming a Burner
Lucy T. Elliot was born in 1924. Her father was Dennis Toups. There were five girls and two boys in the family. Her...

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