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Lockhart, Richard Early Life
Richard Lockhart was born in Lima, Ohio in January 1924 and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was an only child. He...
Ram, Walter Early Life
Walter F. Ram grew up in Nogales, Arizona. His father lost his job during the Great Depression but managed to get small...
Biernacki, Chester Early Life
Chester Biernacki was born in 1922 of immigrant parents. He had an older brother. His family lived in a neighborhood of...
Malta, Samuel Early Life
Samuel Malta was born in March 1925 at Revere, Massachusetts near Boston. He learned to swim early since it was a...
Segal, Harvey Early Life
Harvey Segal was born in May 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [Annotator's Note: Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston]....
Braddock, William Early Life
William M. Braddock was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1922. He was the oldest son in the family. The Braddocks had cows...
Taylor, Jack Early Life
Jack C. Taylor was born in 1922 and grew up in St. Louis. His father was a stockbroker and his mother took care of the...
Downing, James Early Life
James Willis Downing was born in August 1913 in Missouri. He grew up in a small town where things were somewhat...
Lee, Lewis Early Life and Enlistment
Lewis M. Lee, Sr. was born in June 1919 in Weston, Texas. He was the fifth of five sons whose mother died in childbirth...
Burke, Murphy Early Life and Enlistment
Murphy Burke was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in February 1926. He and his only sibling, a sister, grew up in New...
Reale, Albert Early Life and Enlistment
Albert Reale was born in March 1925 in New Britain, Connecticut. He had a good childhood among his three brothers in a...
Kubiak, Frank Early Life and Enlistment
Frank H. Kubiak was born in West Allis, Wisconsin in November 1924. His father emigrated from Prussia but was of Polish...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Gerald Abbenhaus was born in January 1920 on a farm in northeast Nebraska. He went to Bloomfield High [Annotator's Note...
Williams, Robert Joining the Military and Stateside Training
Robert L. Williams was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1922 and raised in Park Hills. His life was fairly boring until...
Zimmer, Mitchell Postwar Navy Service
Mitchell Zimmer and his boat [Annotator's Note: USS Piper (SS-409)] returned to Pearl Harbor en route to the Panama...
Snyder, Ray Reaction to Pearl Harbor and Enlistment
Ray Snyder's acceptance into Annapolis was delayed a year, and while waiting, he had begun classes at what is now the...
Kopp, Alois Reflections
Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...