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St. Germain, John Early Life
John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...
Ridyard, Herbert Early Life
Herbert W. Ridyard was born in July 1925 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He lived a very basic life when growing up. There...
Sciortino, Philip Early Life
Philip James Sciortino, Sr. was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in September 1923. He...
Jackson, William Early Life
William Jackson was born in April 1923 in El Paso, Texas. He lived there until he was 16 years old. He moved to...
Rothenheber, Paul Early Life
Paul Rothenheber was born in September 1925 in Lorsch, Germany. He left Germany when he was two years old. His parents...
Goble, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Otho Goble was born near Statesville, North Carolina in September 1914. He, along with his four siblings, grew...
Hayes, Clifford "Cliff" Early Life
Clifford Suthern Hayes was born in February 1926 in Manhattan, New York. His stepfather worked as a manger in a grocery...
Zeringer, Harold Early Life
Harold Zeringer was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1922 and grew up in New Orleans. There were good neighbors and friends...
Curtis, William W. Early Life and Basic Training
William Curtis was born in 1921 in a shack five miles outside of Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the Martinville Community....
Higgins, Malcom Early Life and Becoming a B-17 Pilot
Malcolm Hershel Higgins was born in April 1921. He was delivered by his grandfather. His father was a World War 1...
Scales, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...
Moore, Hilar Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Hilar Clement Moore, Jr., served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. During the war, he was a...
Morris, Mac Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...
Garcia, Ray Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
Ray Garcia enlisted in November 1942. He had been tested for the aviation cadet program for the Army Air Force prior to...
McCorriston, James "Fran McCorriston" Early Life and Becoming a Sailor
James Francis McCorriston was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in February 1925, but grew up in Florence, New Jersey....
Raskoph, Jack Early Life and Becoming a Sailor
Jack Raskoph was born in Paterson, New Jersey in July 1926. He thinks World War 2 saved his life. Paterson was not an...
Spielberg, Arnold Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer and Arnold Spielberg mid-conversation]. Spielberg was in...
Penwell, Richard Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Richard F. Penwell was born in February 1923 in Lancaster [Annotator's Note: Lancaster, Pennsylvania]. His father...
Day, Morris "Gene" Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Morris Eugene Day was born in October 1924 in Racine, Missouri, near Joplin [Annotator's Note: Joplin, Missouri]. His...
Marich, Robert Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Robert Marich was born in January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 16, his family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. A...
Engel, Robert Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Robert C. Engel was born in Summerdale [Annotator's Note: Summerdale, Alabama]. He was birthed by a neighbor he called...
Fernandez, Milton Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Milton Fernandez was born in September 1924 in Puerto Rico. He had eight siblings in his family. His father had a meat...
Cowart, Thomas Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Thomas Cowart was born in November 1925 in Mobile, Alabama. He grew up there in a poor family. He had three brothers...
Fulco, Joseph Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Joseph P. Fulco was born in December 1925, in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father ran a...
Slomka, Edwin Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Edwin Slomka was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in January 1926. He grew up with an older...
Glass, Helen Early Life and Becoming a WAVE
Helen Anderson Glass was born in March 1923 in North Walpole, New Hampshire but was raised in New Jersey. Even though...
Fitts, Charles Early Life and Being Drafted
Charles Fitts, Jr. was born in December 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He lived there until he was about four years old....
Finklang, Frank Early Life and Bombardier School
Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...
Peniche, Ed Early Life and Draft
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal was born in Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico in June 1925. He was the oldest of eight...
Borne, Edwin Early Life and Enlistment
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was an engine operator who was on the ground...
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...
Carlson, Harry Early Life and Enlistment
Harry Carlson was born in October 1924 in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He grew up there as a single child. His father...
Gust, Darrell Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Darrel D. Gust was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in November 1921. His mother died when he was 11 years old, and, at...
Strausbaugh, Leo Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Leo V. Strausbaugh was a captain in charge of B Company of the 6th Ranger Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company B, 6th...
Andrus, Ernest Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Ernest "Ernie" Andrus was born in 1923 near Severance, Kansas, the younger of two sons in a farming family. During the...
McGlohon, John Early Life and Entrance Into Service
John McGlohon was born in June 1923 in Guilford County, North Carolina where he lived for the first six months of his...

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