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Bache-Wiig, John Prewar Life to Boot Camp
John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s name is hyphenated because he is Norwegian. Somebody had married and had two children and both...
Reavis, Carrel Prewar Life to Boot Camp
Carrel Reavis was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He grew up in the country on a farm. He had a large family, 17 kids...
Spinato, Angelo Prewar Life to Boxer in College
Angelo Joseph Spinato was born in August 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He never left...
Yip, Wallace Prewar Life to Drafted
Wallace Yip, Sr. was born in Canton, China and left when he was ten years old. He left his mother and came to the...
Gierka, Eugene Prewar Life to Drafted
Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...
Rooney, Andrew Prewar Life to Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the set up and with Andrew A. Rooney looking through a book while talking...
Guitard, Robert Prewar Life to Drafted
Robert Guitard was born in January 1927 in Westbrook, Maine, the home of Rudy Vallée [Annotator's Note: Hubert Prior...
Levit, Sydney Prewar Life to Drafted
Sydney Levit was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] in July 1924. He grew up in a...
Tallon, Donald Prewar Life to Drafted
Don Tallon was born in Trenton, New Jersey in August 1924. His family was quite poor. The neighborhood was segmented...
Davis, Jack Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: Conversation between some people off-camera can be heard throughout this clip.] Jack Davis...
Baum, Irving Prewar Life to Enlistment
Irving Baum was born in September 1923 in Monticello, New York. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Baum to...
Dietrick, Alfred Prewar Life to Enlistment
Alfred Dietrick was born in December 1921 in San Antonio, Texas. His life was happy. His father was a carpenter when he...
Burrell, Joseph Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
King, William Prewar Life to Enlistment
William King was born October 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. It was a nice community that was rather mixed, Italians and...
Lochra, Albert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in August 1925. They lived in a coaling town named Amend [...
Braitman, Simon Prewar Life to German Attack
Simon Braitman was born in March 1930 in Maciejowice, near Warsaw, on the Vistula River in Poland. At the age of two,...
Bouton, Helen Prewar Life to German Invasion
Helene Bouton was born in Irshava, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: now Irshava, Ukraine] in December 1925. Her father...
Doundoulakis, Helias Prewar Life to Greek Resistance
elias Doundoulakis was born in Canton, Ohio in July 1923. He grew up with one older brother, George. He was raised by...
Yamamoto, Albert Prewar Life to Japan
Albert Yamamoto was born in 1927 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Mirsky, Arnold Prewar Life to Joining the Military
Arnold A. Mirsky was born in November 1918 and was born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were immigrants of Russia...
Dunne, Edward Prewar Life to Liberated France
Edward Dunne was born in October 1924 in Winsted, Connecticut. He got remarried after his first wife died and he moved...
Mayer, Philip Prewar Life to Marine
Philip Mayer was born in June 1925 in Hollister, California where his family had a ranch. In 1930, his family moved to...
Sasser, Joseph Prewar Life to Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Sound and video are choppy at times during this segment.] Joseph H. Sasser Junior was born in Scott...
Armentaro, Louis Prewar Life to Mindanao
Louis J. Armentaro was born a twin in September 1924 in Livingston, Montana. He has lived there his whole life. His...
Schwartz, Bill Prewar Life to Officer Candidate School
Bill Schwartz was born in June 1924 in North Plainfield, New Jersey. His family moved around, but he considers...
Soskin, Betty Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Betty Soskin was born in September 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. She was invited to be a panelist at The National WWII...
Francis, Norman Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Dr. Norman Francis was born in March 1931 in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was a poor country town just coming out of the...
Cohen, Benjamin Prewar Life to Soldier
Benjamin Wolf Cohen got his legal middle name after he contracted Polio as a young child. He was cured miraculously...
Fayerman, Severin Prewar Life to the Reich
Severin Fayerman was born shortly after World War 1 in an area that had been under German occupation for several...
Henry, Frederick Prewar Life to Tuskegee Institute
Frederick Henry was born in January 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
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....
Lingo, Alfred Prewar Steam Power Plant Man
In 1940, Alfred A. Lingo was activated into the Army for one year at Hamilton Field [Annotator's Note: now Hamilton Air...
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...
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...
Cain, Howard Prewar to Breakout
Howard Cain was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in November 1926. At age seven, the family moved to Chicago [Annotator’s...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Prewar to Ghetto Life
Micha Tomkiewicz was born in May 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. He was an only child as his parents were young when he was...

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