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Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Going to the Naval Academy and Becoming a Naval Aviator
James Ramage started his career in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The non-aviators in the Navy at the...
Barnette, Kenneth Great Depression
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee talks for about four minutes about a recent event.] Kenneth Barnette was born in...
O'Brien, Richard Great Depression and Army Training
Richard J. O’Brien was born in September 1924 in Wessington, South Dakota with three sisters. Richard only lived in...
Moskin, Alan Great Depression and Pearl Harbor
Alan Moskin's father's side is American through and through. His was mother was about two or three years old when she...
Oreck, David Great Depression and World Wars
David Oreck was not part of the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] program as he was too young, but he...
Martin, James Great Depression in Dayton
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Meader, Byron Great Depression to Army Life
Byron Herbert Meader was born in May 1919 in Ellsworth, Maine. His father worked as a laborer. During the Great...
Brock, Pete Great Depression to Breakout of War
Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...
Ellis, Frederick Great Depression to Gunnery Officer
Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...
Black, Louis Great Depression to the Air Corps
Louis Black was born in Chicago, Illinois in December 1923. He grew up with one sister. His father was a jazz musician...
Schuman, Russell Great Depression to Wartime
Russell Schuman was born in 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up with an older brother, who later worked an...
Morgenthaler, David Growing up and Attending MIT
David T. Morgenthaler was born in August 1919 in Chester, South Carolina. His parents divorced when he was young, and...
DeForest, Harold Growing Up and Getting Drafted
Harold DeForest was born in March 1924 in Saint Catherine's, Canada. His mother brought him to the United States when...
LeBlanc, Dale Growing Up and Joining the Marines
Dale LeBlanc was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and grew up like most every other American boy during the depression....
Woodall, Wendall Growing Up and Joining the USAAF
Woody Woodall [Annotator's Note: Wendall Woodall] was born in March 1925 in Webster City, Iowa. They were so poor that...
Gomez, Hewitt Growing Up During the Depression
Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925 with two brothers and two sisters. During the...
Flanagan, Earl Growing Up During the Great Depression
Earl Flanagan was born in Harvey, Illinois in December 1924. He grew up with three older sisters and a large extended...
Harned, Harley Growing Up during the Great Depression
Harley Harned was born in October 1924 on his grandfather’s farm in Troy Township, Michigan. His father was a streetcar...
Vargas, Jay Growing up during World War 2
Jay R. Vargas was born in July 1938 in Winslow, Arizona. His parents were immigrants who met on the boat on their way...
Bowron, Robert Growing up in Alabama
Robert “Bob” Bowron was born in Birmingham [Annotator’s Note: Birmingham, Alabama] in January 1927. He recalled when...
Ritter, Louise Growing up in Arkansas
Louise Post Ritter was born in Corfu, Washington in July 1921. She grew up in Altus, Arkansas in a family of eight...
Beamish, William Growing up in Boston
William S. “Bill” Beamish was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 and grew up in nearby Wellesley Hills. His father,...
Schulman, Shirley Growing up in Brooklyn
Shirley Sandy Schulman was born in September 1922 in Manhattan, New York [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is one of the...
Tarrant, Eugene Growing Up in Dallas
Eugene Tarrant was born in Ennis, Texas. When he was three, his family moved to Dallas. His mother and father figured...
Haffner, Robert Growing up in Detroit during the Great Depression
Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...
Howard, Taylor Growing up in Gulfport
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was born in October 1918 in...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Growing Up In Hawaii
Herbert Weatherwax [Annotator's Note: Mr. Weatherwax's name is actually Clarence Herbert Weatherwax] was born in...
Rackham, Milton Growing up in Idaho
Milton Rackham was born in Riggs, Idaho in April 1925 and grew up in nearby Rigby. [Annotator’s Note: Internet...
Franzke, Charles Growing Up in Kansas
Charles “Chuck” Franzke was born in November 1925 in Wellington, Kansas and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. His father had...
Jackson, James Growing up in Louisiana and Postwar Career
James Thomas Jackson was born in July 1926 in Ponchatoula [Annotator's Note: Ponchatoula, Louisiana] with an older...
Thomas, Kenneth Growing up in Memphis and War Production
[Annotator's Note: There is some informal talking between the interviewer and interviewee at the beginning of the tape...
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Growing up in Mississippi
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in July 1923. He grew up in a big antebellum home which...
Barnett, William Growing up in New Orleans
William M. Barnett was born in June 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in the city, had an older sister,...
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Growing Up in New Orleans
Lavenia Hickman Breaux was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1917. Breaux did not realize she was living through a...
Heuer, Frank Growing Up in New Orleans
Frank M. Heuer Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 1923. He grew up with three sisters and one brother....
Adams, Lynward Growing up in New Orleans
Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was born in April 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

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