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Kubiak, Frank Dysentery, VJ-Day and Postwar
Frank Kubiak and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Vicksburg (CL-86)] went to the Philippines because it was stricken...
Tisdale, Olin Early Assignments
Olin Tisdale's newly launched ship was meant to take a Seabee unit to Iwo Jima to refurbish landing strips. However,...
Wickersham, Obie Early Civilian and Military Life
Obie Wickersham was born in March 1925 in Oklahoma. One of the legacies of his father's World War 1 service was...
Pigott, Terrell Early Life
Terrell Lavern Pigott was born in February 1923 in Picayune, Mississippi. He grew up on a dairy farm there. He worked...
Maltbie, Archie Early LIfe
Archie Maltbie was born in 1923 in Turlock, California. He had an ordinary life growing up in Turlock. He focused on...
Morgan, George Early Life
George Edward Morgan was born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey on 29 June 1927. He had a younger brother named Robert....
Rupert, Gerald Early Life
Gerald Rupert was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and grew up about 40 miles south of there [Annotator's Note: in South...
Tinker, June Early Life
June Tinker was born in Coal City, West Virginia in July 1925. She grew up there until she was six years old then moved...
Wade, Nelsyn Early Life
Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, but was raised around San Augustine [Annotator's Note: San...
Noll, Eilleen Early Life
Eileen Noll was born in 1924 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Munch, Melvin Early Life
Melvin Munch was born in 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in the portion of the city that was referred to...
Wilson, Donald Early Life
Donald Edward Wilson was born in New Orleans in July 1918. Times were tough during the Great Depression. He had to walk...
Olson, David Early Life
David E. Olson was born in 1919 in Alburnett, Iowa. He was of Norwegian ancestry. He was born with a twin brother and...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Early Life
Abraham Rosenzweig was born in Chicago, Illinois in January 1924 and grew up there. He had three sisters named Shirley...
Struble, Charles Early Life
Charles Struble was born in June 1924 in Benton, Illinois. He grew up there with one brother and one sister. He also...
Fraser, Rodney Early Life
Rodney Charles Fraser was born in Alameda, California in January 1926. He was an active child who never knew he was...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Early Life
Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson was born in April 1919. He was called "Little Robbie" on his PT Boat [Annotator's Note:...
Sterrie, Norman Early Life
Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...
Biernacki, Chester Early Life
Chester Biernacki was born in 1922 of immigrant parents. He had an older brother. His family lived in a neighborhood of...
Geraci, Dominic Early Life
Dominic Geraci was born 5 August 1923 in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Illinois]. He and his two sisters grew up in the...
Villarrubia, Forrest Early Life
Forrest Villarrubia was born in 1925 in Lacombe, Louisiana. Lacombe is on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just...
Kingsley, Thomas Early Life
Thomas J. Kingsley was born in July 1925 in Waterloo, Iowa and grew up there. He had an older brother and sister and a...
Pedrick, Sam Early Life
Sam Pedrick was born and raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey [Annotator’s Note: in April 1921]. He remained there until...
Malta, Samuel Early Life
Samuel Malta was born in March 1925 at Revere, Massachusetts near Boston. He learned to swim early since it was a...
Tsubota, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota was born in January 1915 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He had two brothers and one sister. His father was...
Frisco, Paul Early Life
Paul J. Frisco was born in May 1925 in Newark, New Jersey. He lived there until he was 15 years old and then moved to...
Rodrigues, Alfred Early Life
Alfred Rodrigues was born on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in October 1922. His mother died early in his life and his...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Early Life
Life in Hawaii was wonderful for Lydia Grant before the war. The island was at its pristine best at that time. Grant...
Phillips, Sidney Early Life
Sidney Philips was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He grew up on Georgia Avenue in midtown. Eugene [Annotators Note...
Franklin, Ralph Early Life
Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...
Joyce, Josefine Early Life
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was born in Vienna, Austria in December 1925. She had strict parents but her childhood was very...
Wessen, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Warren Wessen was born in May 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, uncle and two other men ran an...
Crane, James Early Life
James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Early Life
Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...
Long, Catherine Early Life
Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...
Schultz, Philip Early Life
Philip Schultz was born in April 1919 in a tiny village near Minsk, Belarus. His father had previously immigrated to...

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