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Baumgarten, Harold Preparing for D-Day
In late April [Annotator's Note: April 1944], they [Annotator's Note: Harold Baumgarten and the rest of the 29th...
Goodrich, James Preparing for Iwo Jima and the Death of John Basilone
In Hawaii, they [Annotator's Note: James Goodrich and the rest of the 5th Marine Division] trained for the landing on...
Hoff, Donald Preparing for the Battle of Midway
In the first days of June [Annotator's Note: June 1942], Donald Hoff and his fellow airmen were getting nervous,...
Hatch, Norman Preperations for Iwo Jima
Norman Hatch received his orders to the 5th Marine Division while he was still in the United States as his...
Imahara, Walter Preventing Future Internment
Walter Imahara was into sports and attended the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. He learned that some of the politicians...
Sadler, Richard Prewar
Burt Richard Sadler was born in the suburbs of London in Hounslow, Middlesex [Annotator's Note: England]. His...
Gaj, Leonard Prewar and Joining Up
Leonard Gaj was born in Buffalo [Annotator’s Note: Buffalo, New York] in March 1925. His name, Gaj, is Polish. He had...
Bradley, John Prewar and Postwar Philippines
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936]...
Cale, Sterling Prewar Hawaii
Sterling Cale was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1921. Shortly after birth, he went into an orphanage for four years....
Downs, Raymond Prewar Life
Raymond F. Downs was born in March 1934 in San Antonio, Texas. He and his brother played sports in school. Downs grew...
Myers, Julia Prewar Life
Julia L. Myers was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. Her father always had a...
Hill, James Prewar Life
James J. Hill was born in September 1920 in Chicago's [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] north side. He grew up in a...
Wilson, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Wilson was born in December 1925 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has five sisters and one brother. He grew up in...
Nicholson, Elmer Prewar Life
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. was born in September 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had three sisters and one brother. His...
Van Pelt, Fredi Prewar Life
Fredi Van Pelt was born in July 1923 in Alameda, California. She has two sisters. Van Pelt was the baby in the family....
Roach, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Roach was born in January 1921 in Hugoton, Kansas. He went through high school. It was not a big school. He had...
Jerabek, Gene Prewar Life
Gene R. Jerabek was born in Winfield, Pennsylvania in December 1917. She grew up on a farm. They had electricity in the...
Cowell, Ernest Prewar Life
Ernest Cowell was born in January 1927 in Los Angeles, Hollywood [Annotator's Note: Los Angeles, California]. His...
Carman, Victor Prewar life
Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...
Amsden, Ben Prewar Life and Jimmy Doolittle
Benjamin Clark Amsden was born in his mother's hometown of Springfield, Ohio in October 1922. He was there for three...
Roberts, John Prewar life and Pearl Harbor
John M. Roberts, called Jack, was born in Hamilton, Ohio in August 1924 and lived there until going into the Army. His...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Prewar Life and War Letters
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Jennie Rosenzweig in conversation with people off camera.] Jennie Rosenzweig...
Zerphey, Winfield Prewar Life then Airman Training
Winfield K. "Win" Zerphey was born in October 1924 in the small town of Floren outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He...
Gemperline, Eugene Prewar Life to Basic Training
Eugene J. Gemperline was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: A telephone rings in the background...
Browning, Earl Prewar Life to Drafted
Earl Dean Browning was born in January 1926 in Annawan, Illinois. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Browning what...
London, James Prewar Life to England
James Harvard London was born in Cordell, Oklahoma in June 1925. London does not remember growing up. His father worked...
Jagers, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert Jagers was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1922. His father passed away when he was 11 and he and his mother...
Galbraith, Wendell Prewar Life to Enlistment
Wendell Galbraith was born in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit, Michigan] in January 1925. He had two sisters and one...
Smith, Charles Prewar Life to Enlistment
Charles R. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1924. His father was a window washer. His mother was a housewife...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein was born in...
Berman, Stanley Prewar Life to Enlistment
Stanley Berman was born in September 1920 in Columbus, Ohio, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and finally to Cincinnati [...
Smith, Thomas Prewar Life to Marshall Islands
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was born in June 1924 in Schenectady, New York. He was a senior in high school and had just...
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...
Symons, John Prewar to India
John Symons was born in Calumet, Michigan in July 1915. He graduated from Calumet High School. He moved to Detroit [...
Coleman, Jerry Prewar, Baseball, and the V-5 Program
Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...
Hebert, Willie Roy Prewar, Marine, and Postwar Lives
Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...

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