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Morgan, George Baseball Contract
The young George Morgan enjoyed baseball as a fan and player. In 1942 or 1943, Branch Rickey became general manager of...
Costa, Anthony Becoming a Marine
Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town. His father...
Kopp, Alois Becoming a Pharmacist Mate and Postwar Career
Alois Kopp was in Pocatello, Idaho in the Civilian Conservation Camp when the Navy recruited him. He was sent to San...
Gikas, Gus Becoming a Soldier
Gus Gikas considered enlistment to be good for him. Being an amateur radio operator, Gikas could fix just about any...
DuBose, John Early Life
John DuBose was born in November 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He lived there almost all of his life. He grew up in a blue...
Scholle, Donald Early Life
Donald Joseph Scholle was born in New York City in July 1923. He served in both World War 2 and the Korean War. Before...
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...
Grapes, Opal Early LIfe
Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...
Bertucci, George Early Life
George Joseph Bertucci was born in July 1925 in New Orleans and was raised there. His mother passed when he was three...
Hammond, Robert Early Life
Robert Hammond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1926. His father was a postal worker and his mother a...
McConn, John "Jack" Early Life
John McConn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1923. Raised during the Great Depression, McConn's father was an accountant...
Edwards, Troy Early Life
Troy Earl Edwards and his twin sister were born in November 1925 in Scott, Arkansas. His younger sister was born two...
Hughes, William Early Life
William B. Hughes was born in April 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville was a country town at that time. His father...
Varuso, Anthony Early Life
Anthony Varuso grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where his father had a food store. As a child, Varuso delivered...
Crane, James Early Life
James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...
Fontana, Frank Early Life
Frank Fontana was born in St. Louis, Missouri in August 1922. He grew up in St. Louis. He had one brother who was two...
Schilperoort, Clarence Early Life
Clarence Harold Schilperoot and his twin brother were born in October 1917 in Grandview, Washington. His family later...
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...
Russell, Patrick Early Life
Patrick Russell was born in Minneapolis in 1919. His wife was born there as well. He attended 14 different schools...
Dymnicki, Francis Early Life
Francis Dymnicki was born in Yonkers, New York and lived there for ten years during the Depression until his father...
Collie, C. Early Life
C. Charles Collie, Jr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1922 and grew up there. He left in 1940 to enroll in the...
Halloran, Walter Early Life
Walter Halloran was born on 25 August 1923 in Chatfield, Minnesota. Growing up on his family’s farm was extremely...
Oplinger, Robert Early Life
Robert Oplinger was born in August 1925 and grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed his life. He remembers the...
Callander, Sherwin Early Life and Enlistment
Sherwin Callander was born in June 1920, the first of three boys, in Vancouver, Canada, but grew up in Oakland,...
Linett, Joseph Early Life and Enlistment
Joseph "Joe" Linett was born in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania in April 1924, the younger of two male children in his family...
Hogan, Moses Early Life and Enlistment
Moses Hogan was born in Brookstown, Louisiana in November 1921, the second of four children. His father worked for the...
Smith, Louis Early Life and Enlistment
Louis Smith was born in April 1925 in Newport, Kentucky. He grew up during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce...
Oral history interview with Ray Felts on 15 September 2016 Early Life and Joining the Navy
Ray Felts was born in Cameron, Oklahoma in September 1926, the eldest of three children. He was 15, and on a double-...
Blackwell, Astley Early Life and Joining the Navy
Astley Blackwell, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1925. During the depression his family lived with his...
Horton, Alan Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...
Smith, Perry Early Postwar Life
By the end of the war, Perry Smith's father had been assigned as the operations officer for the US Military Government...
LaPook, Sidney From Jersey City to Fort Sill
On 10 June 1942 Sidney LaPook graduated from NYU Dental College. He became engaged to his future wife that same day. At...
Murray, Charles Growing Up and Entering the Service
Charles Murray is a retired US Army Colonel. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1921. His mother was from Maryland....
Fisher, Clayton Joining the Navy
Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...
Williams, Robert Joining the Paratroopers and Camp Toccoa
Robert L. Williams was amazed that he was able to find his friend Joe's grave. Williams had Joe's Army serial number...
Judd, Robert Prewar Life,, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Judd was born in September 1920 in Oak Park, Illinois. The third of four children, he had twin older brothers...

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