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Cohen, Jack Prewar Life in Greece
Jack Cohen was born in July 1932 in Chalcis, Greece [Annotator's Note: Khalkís, Greece]. Before the war, they had peace...
Pbert, Herman Prewar Life in Italy
Herman Pbert was born in July 1926 in Piedicavallo, Italy near the Swiss border. His father had a construction business...
Slack, Otis Prewar Life in the Army
Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...
Hirabayashi, Grant Prewar Life in the United States and Japan
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer explains things to the interviewee for the first 30 seconds of tape.] Grant Jiro...
Werner, Jack Prewar Life in Vienna
Jack Werner was born in 1919 in Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. His father was a mechanical engineer and...
Jones, Johnnie Prewar Life Through Sixth Grade
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was born in November 1919 in Laurel Hill, Louisiana. He had three brothers and four sisters....
Stahl, Floyd Prewar Life to Africa
Floyd Stahl was born in October 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up on a farm near Alto, Michigan. He was the...
Graddy, J. Prewar Life to Army
J. D. Graddy was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky in March 1925. He was the fifth child in a family of 11 siblings. One...
Myers, Homer Prewar Life to Army
Homer Myers was born in Union Grove, North Carolina in October 1924. His parents worked hard on a little farm. He got...
Liston, Earl Prewar Life to Army
Earl Roger Liston was born in October 1923 in Mitchell, South Dakota with four brothers. His father was a farmer who...
Lowder, James Prewar Life to Army
[Annotator's Note: There is white noise throughout this clip.] James L. Lowder was born in Cleveland, Ohio in June 1926...
Rosenberg, George Prewar Life to Army Air Corps
George Henry Rosenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. His father was able to retain a job in the railroad...
Carlson, Donald Prewar Life to Army Enlistment
Donald Rudolph Carlson was born in 1929 [Annotator's Note: in Chicago, Illinois]. Life was great growing up. His...
Bourgeois, Emiline Prewar Life to Army Nurse Corps
Emiline Ann Bourgeois went to nurses' school [Annotator's Note: Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Fried, J. M. Prewar Life to Army Officer
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. was born in December 1919 and grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He had one older brother and...
Haack, Frederick Prewar Life to Army Pilot
Frederick Haack was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York in 1920] and grew up in Wyoming where...
Porter, Allen Prewar Life to Army Training
[Annotator's Note: Coughing can be heard throughout this segment.] Allen Porter was born in Market, Michigan in 1925....
Allen, Warren "Bill" Prewar Life to Army Training
Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior was born in January 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He grew up with two younger...
Grugett, George Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet
George Grugett was born in McConnell, Tennessee which no longer exists. His father worked for the railroad. He moved...
Geary, Joseph Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet
Joseph Geary was born in Dallas, Texas in February 1924. He was an only child and was pampered by his parents. His...
McCowen, William Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet Program
William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...
Wolf, Robert Prewar Life to Basic Training
Robert Wolf was born in New York City, [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in August 1925. His mother was from...
Holleman, Louis Prewar Life to Basic Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] Malcolm Louis Holleman was born in July...
Neste, Norman A. Prewar Life to Basic Training
Norman Neste was born in August 1923 in Hemet, California. His father was a housing contractor and they did well during...
McGee, George Prewar Life to Basic Training
George Wesley McGee was born in April 1925 in Bridgeport, Nebraska. When McGee was nine years old the family moved to...
Elliott, Calvin Prewar Life to Basic Training
Calvin Elliott was born in February 1918 in Whitesville, Delaware. He grew up in Maryland after moving there when he...
Wise, Curtis Prewar Life to Basic Training
Curtis Winfred Wise was born in September 1919 in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Growing up there was great. It was a mill...
Bernardi, Joseph Prewar Life to Basic Training
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior was born in March 1923 in the Bronx [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Prewar Life to Basic Training
L. Vinson Freeman, Jr., in his Army records it is Leslie V. Freeman, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in June 1923. He...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Prewar Life to Becoming an Army Nurse
Helen Gagel [Annotator’s Note: born Helen Cosgrove] was born in 1915 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. She had four brothers...
Medway, Irwin Prewar Life to Being Drafted
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Irwin Medway talking with the interviewer about his current life and classes...
Bielec, William Prewar Life to Being Drafted
William F. Bielec was born in March 1917 [Annotator's Note: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was born into a Polish-...
Dunlavy, Jack Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Jack Dunlavy was born In Avery, Mississippi in June 1925. It was a small town. His father was a millwright at the...
Hihn, Stewart Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Stewart Hihn was born in Baltimore, Maryland in August 1923. His father died when he was only 21 months old, and he was...
Jameson, Andrew Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Andrew George Jameson was born in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in April 1925. His father...
McDonald, Robert Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Robert W. McDonald was born in Carlinville, Illinois in January 1924. His father was born when Abraham Lincoln [...

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