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Hollis, Frederick Early Life
Fredrick Hollis was born in January 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. The Great Depression started in October 1929 and his...
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...
Davis, Charles Early Life
Charles Davis was born in December 1925 in Alexandria, Louisiana, the youngest of three sons. His father was a railroad...
Long, Catherine Early Life
Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...
Walter, Louis Early Life
Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...
Schultz, Philip Early Life
Philip Schultz was born in April 1919 in a tiny village near Minsk, Belarus. His father had previously immigrated to...
Chandler, Howard Early Life
Howard Chandler was born a Jew in Wierzbnik, Poland [Annotator's Note: now known as Starachowice, Poland] in December...
Charles, Howard Early Life
Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...
Simpson, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Simpson was born in West Texas near Anson in 1921. He was delivered by a midwife. His father was a sharecropper...
Keulegan, Emma Early Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Emma Keulegan already in conversation with the interviewer who then asks...
Segal, Harvey Early Life
Harvey Segal was born in May 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [Annotator's Note: Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston]....
Brueland, Lowell Early Life
Lowell Kermit Brueland born in a small town in Iowa. He was raised on farm two miles from town. Brueland’s father was...
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,...
Cummings, Vernon Early Life
Vernon Cummings was born in Mimico, Canada in March 1926. He was born an American citizen because his father was...
Taylor, Fulton Early Life
Fulton "Jack" Taylor was born in 1925 in Corbin, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: cannot verify town name]. The family...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Mittelsdorf was born in September 1923 in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note...
Baroudi, Howard Early Life
Howard Baroudi was born in 1923 [Annotator’s Note: September 1923] in Schroon Lake but grew up in North Creek, both in...
VanDuzer, Raymond Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and interviewee introducing themselves.] Raymond VanDuzer was...
Westcott, Marvin Early Life
Marvin Calvin Westcott was born 15 July 1923 in San Francisco, California and grew up there. He had two older brothers...
Godbold, Bryghte Early Life
Bryghte Davis Godbold was born in Alabama in 1914. Times during the Great Depression were not good for his poor family...
Arceneaux, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Early Life
Clarence Earl Derrington, Jr. was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. His father was in the insurance...
Staymates, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Staymates was born in 1925 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania which is about 20 or 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. He...
Clark, Charles Early Life
Annotator's Note: There is a loud hum throughout the interview.] Charles William "Tom" Clark was born in September 1925...
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...
Winslow, Lawson Early Life
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior was born in February 1926 in Arden, Montana. Custer's [Annotator's Note: US Army Major...
Reitman, Seymour Early Life
Seymour Reitman was born in 1925 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], but moved to Atlantic...
Graff, Richard Early Life
Richard Graff was born in August 1924 on a farm outside of Popejoy, Iowa. His parents were German immigrants born in...
Berkman, Harold Early Life
Harold W. Berkman was born in Brooklyn, New York in February 1926. Florida has been his home since 1975. He has...
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...
Lejeune, Lawrence Early Life
Lawrence John Lejeune was born in June 1926 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father worked for Exxon and the family had...
Linker, George Early Life
George Harrison Linker, Jr. was born in 1926 in Dover, Arkansas. He was the youngest of three siblings. Neither his...
Bassemir, Robert Early Life
Robert Bassemir was born in May 1924 in Ridgewood, New York. He grew up with a brother and a sister. His brother served...
Campisano, Frank Early Life
Frank Campisano was born in April 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. He had a happy childhood and family. During the...

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