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Carruth, John Prewar Life to VE-Day
John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...
Jaffe, Stanley Prewar Life to War's End
Dr. Stanley Jaffe was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1925. He grew up in Cleveland and did his college work there...
Rippin, Elsie Prewar Life to WAVES
Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...
Stephensen, Margaret Prewar Life to WAVES
Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...
Brewster, Oliver Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Deployment to Europe
Oliver Brewster was born in 1926 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He had three sisters. His father was a sharecropper, and...
Belcher, Lewis Prewar Life, Draft, and Training
Lewis E. Belcher was born on Christmas Day 1923 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. His father did a lot of things, including...
Sylvest, Thomas Prewar Life, Education and Enlistment
Thomas Ard Sylvest was born in September 1925 in Provencal, Louisiana. He had 12 brothers and sisters. His father was a...
Purvis, Frank Prewar Life, Education, and ROTC
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Frank Purvis what he brought with him. He explains]. Frank Purvis was born in...
Gorman, Ted Prewar Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Crowley, Daniel Prewar Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Daniel Crowley was born in May 1922 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had five brothers. He remembers that during the Great...
Campbell, Donald Prewar Life, Enlistment and Training
Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...
James, Eugene Prewar Life, Enlistment, and Training
Eugene N. James was born in Brewton, Alabama. His father was a Methodist minister, and they spent a lot of time in West...
Johnson, Erwin Prewar Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment to the Philippines
Erwin Johnson was born in October 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended George Washington School through the...
Grenny, Guy Prewar Life, Military Academy and ROTC
Guy Grenny was born in April 1927 in Spokane, Washington. It was a blessing to live in Spokane in his circumstances....
Stewart, Roy Prewar Life, Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Roy Stewart was born in September 1926 in Amite, Louisiana. He enjoyed living in a small town. His father was an...
Treen, John Prewar Life, School and Military Training
John Treen was born in 1926 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he resided until his family moved to New Orleans when he...
Hughes, Lowell Prewar Life, the CMTC and Joining the 45th Infantry Division
Lowell Hughes was born in Poteau, Oklahoma in October 1919. He stayed there until he was 18 years old. He went to the...
Pribyl, William Prewar Life, the Draft and Deployment
William J. Pribyl was born in September 1923 in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the Army as the Technical Executive...
Martin, Oscar Prewar Life, the Draft and Military Training
Oscar Otto Martin was born in Watseka, Illinois in June 1924. He was the oldest of three siblings. His only brother...
Schmittgens, Leo Prewar Life, the Draft, and Boot Camp
Leo William Schmittgens was born in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] in February 1926. He had four...
Davis, Romay Prewar Military Family
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis attended college in New York. She and all of her five brothers served in the military....
Ngai, Johnny Prewar to Africa
Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...
Romano, Joseph Prewar to Africa
Joseph Romano was born in May 1923 in Marrero [Annotator's Note: Marrero, Louisiana]. Growing up, there were poor...
Steeg, Moise Prewar to Air Force Careers
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. did not want to be in the infantry. He got in at a fortunate time when bases were being built for...
Tarantelli, Armand Prewar to Armored Training
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Pohorilla, Michael Prewar to Army Air Corps Cadet School
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...
Guzman, Nicanor Prewar to Army Captain
Nicanor Guzman was born in the Philippines in March 1918. He got his two year basic course in the Army. He also studied...
Batty, William Prewar to Army Training
[Annotator’s Note: A dog panting is audible in the background throughout segment.] William Batty was born in December...
Golemi, Frank Prewar to Aviation Cadet
Frank Golemi was born in November 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a butcher and had his own shop. They...
Armstrong, Henry Prewar to Basic Training
Henry Armstrong was born in November 1924 in Ludlow, Kentucky. His mother was a single parent of three children. They...
Jaber, Anton Prewar to Basic Training
Anton Jaber was born in June 1925 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up there and his mother died when he was two...
Phillips, Robert Prewar to Becoming a Medic
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with Robert Phillips talking about cats.] Robert Phillips was born in Sioux...
Klenoski, Richard Prewar to Bomber Navigator
Richard Klenoski was born in Saginaw, Michigan in June 1924. He had three brothers and two sisters and was number two....
MCarthy, John Prewar to Coast Guard
John McCarthy was born in December 1918 in Seattle, Washington. He lived on a little farm and he attended Highline High...
Payne, Robert Prewar to Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...
Kinsey, Norman Prewar to Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the interviewer and interviewee talking.] Norman Kinsey's mother was...

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