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Lesniewski, Joseph Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joseph Lesniewski was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in August 1920. He had one brother and three sisters growing up. He...
Butz, John Prewar Life to Flight Training
John B. Butz was born in Fort Worth, Texas on 14 September 1920. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
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...
Blakey, Thomas Prewar Life to Jump School
Thomas J. Blakey was born in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1920. [Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Blakey where he was...
Wilson, Bobby Prewar Life to Marine
Bobby C. Wilson was born in West Monroe [Annotator's Note: West Monroe, Louisiana] in February 1925. His father was a...
Sinise, Jack Prewar Life to Navigator
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with the interviewer mid-sentence asking Jack Sinise why he wanted to be in the Air...
Masters, Robert Prewar Life to Navy
Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...
Compagno, Nicholas Prewar Life to North Africa
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Linwood S. Inscoe was born in Nashville, North Carolina in January 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Combs, Monroe Prewar Life to Paratrooper Training
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs was born in October 1921 in...
Riggs, Clarence Prewar Life to Pilot
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...
Dearman, Alfred Prewar Life to Postwar Enlistment
Alfred Dearman was born in June 1930 in Abilene, Texas. He was an orphan who was adopted at three days old by an older...
McCarthy, George Prewar Life to Reuniting with Fellow Prisoners
George W. McCarthy was a senior in high school and with friends when he found out about the Pearl Harbor attack [...
Levee, Harris Prewar Life to Secret Life
Harris H. Levee was born in August 1919 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of...
Yackel, Eugene Prewar Life to the Draft
Eugene Yackel was born in March 1925 in Sanborn, Minnesota. He was raised on a farm. He spent the first ten or 12 years...
Stephensen, Margaret Prewar Life to WAVES
Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...
Sylvest, Thomas Prewar Life, Education and Enlistment
Thomas Ard Sylvest was born in September 1925 in Provencal, Louisiana. He had 12 brothers and sisters. His father was a...
Crowley, Daniel Prewar Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Daniel Crowley was born in May 1922 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had five brothers. He remembers that during the Great...
Schmittgens, Leo Prewar Life, the Draft, and Boot Camp
Leo William Schmittgens was born in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] in February 1926. He had four...
Swan, Robert Prewar Naval Aviator
Robert Swan did not select going into patrol planes. Everybody asks for fighters when they go through flight school....
Costa, Anthony Prewar Service
Anthony Costa enjoyed it [Annotator's Note: his prewar service in the United States Marine Corps] because he was able...
Downing, James Prewar Service Aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48)
James Downing and a group of boot camp comrades signed up together for the USS West Virginia (BB-48). At six years old...
Gatlin, Carl Prewar to Army Life
Carl Robert Gatlin was born in January 1920 in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He grew up with two younger sisters in his...
Golemi, Frank Prewar to Aviation Cadet
Frank Golemi was born in November 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a butcher and had his own shop. They...
Kent, Edward Prewar to Breakout of War
Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up with one older sister. During the Great Depression [Annotator's...
Payne, Robert Prewar to Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...
Taylor, Robert Prewar to Corpsman
Robert Merrill Taylor was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in October 1920. There were nine children in his family. He...
Foerster, David Prewar to Joining the Navy
David Foerster was born in Jacksonville [Annotator's Note: Jacksonville, Florida] in July 1923. He grew up there. He...
Smith, William J. Prewar to Pilot
William Smith was born in Ashland, Kentucky in March 1922. His dad was a doctor who was a surgeon in World War 1. The...
Smith, Dale Prewar to Submarines
Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....
Wergin, Earl Prewar to the Pacific
Earl Wergin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May 1927. As a boy, he and his family moved to New York City [Annotator...
Mitchell, George Prewar to US Marine Corps
George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...
Guidry, Lewis Prewar Years
Lewis Guidry was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana in January 1919. The Great Depression affected his life in many ways...
Bornstein, Lester Prewar, Enlistment and Basic Training
Lester M. Bornstein was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in February 1925. As a child he was very athletic and played a...
Hymel, Clyde Prewar, the Pacific, and Postwar
Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...
Smith, Samuel Primary, Basic, and Advanced Flight Training
Samuel W. Smith was sent to Visalia, California for primary flight school. They flew PT-22 low-wing planes [Annotator’s...

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