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Kerchum, Paul Joining the Army
Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...
McCalla, Anna Joining the Army
Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...
Halpern, Gerard Joining the Army
Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...
Pryor, Robert Joining the Army
Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...
Crandall, Joe Joining the Army
Joe Crandall was born in Topeka, Kansas in May 1920. His father managed hotels, so he moved his family all over the...
Braunstein, Arthur Joining the Army Air Corps
Arthur Braunstein was born in New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in February 1924. His father was a...
Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
Paschal, Robert Joining the Army Air Corps
Robert W. Paschal was born in November 1924 in the small town of Corsicana, Texas. He attended public school and...
Dubay, Henry Joining the Army Air Corps
Henry Dubay was born in July 1923 in Turner’s Falls [Annotator’s Note: Montague, Massachusetts]. He grew up in a “...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Higgins, Archibald Joining the Army Air Corps and Flight Training
Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...
Boyer, Ralph Joining the Army Air Force
[Annotator’s Note: For the first two minutes of the recording, the interviewee is getting prepared for the interview.]...
Schweitzer, Philip Joining the Army and Deploying to Leyte
Philip Schweitzer served as a combat medic with the 11th Airborne Division. Schweitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn...
Rosendahl, Robert Joining the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Robert Dale Rosendahl was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in April 1921 and grew up in a small agricultural town....
Cohn, Marthe Joining the French Intelligence Service
After joining the French Army, Marthe Cohn wanted to visit the troops at the front in Alsace, France. She knew the...
DiSabatino, Eugene Joining the Manhattan Project
Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...
Hatch, Norman Joining the Marine Corps
Norman Hatch graduated from high school when he was 17 years old. He grew up in both Boston, Massachusetts and...
Durocher, Edmund Joining the Marine Corps
Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Joining the Marine Corps and Training
Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...
Jones, Gerry Joining the Marines
Gerry Jones was painting radio towers in California when he heard the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Hill, Rawley Joining the Marines
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill was born in...
Hebert, Willie Roy Joining the Marines
Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...
Guidone, Frank Joining the Marines
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with Frank Guidone and the interviewer talking about Guidone contracting malaria and...
Goodrich, James Joining the Marines and Boot Camp
James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Joining the Marines and Overseas Deployment
Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...
Higgins, Richard Joining the Marines and Pearl Harbor
Richard Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1940. He was set on the Marine Corps from the beginning. He never considered...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Merchant Marine
Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...
Yoho, David Joining the Merchant Marine
As a 13 year old, David Yoho did not have friends of draft age. He did keep company with older boys and took on a tough...
Boitnott, Monty Joining the National Guard
Joe Boitnott was born Monty Joe Boitnott in April 1921 and raised in Maxwell, Iowa. Boitnott’s mother was a housekeeper...
Gemmel, Fred Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...
McKeel, Sam Joining the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: The video begins with interviewee talking about how he wanted to write a book and working with a...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: Interviewee pauses the interview several times, struggles to remember events, and repeats statements...
Micklich, Richard Joining the Navy
Richard Micklich was born in 1921 in Pueblo, Colorado. He spent the entirety of his childhood in Pueblo as part of a...
Duck, Cecil Joining the Navy
Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...
Daquana, Joseph Joining the Navy
Joseph Daquana was born in Plaquemines, Louisiana in May 1928. He was the second youngest child in a family of seven...
Pratt, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert W. "RW" Pratt worked in an art studio for an artist. He made picture frames and sometimes was used as a model....

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