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Koenig, Elmer Prewar Life
Elmer Koenig was born in July 1925 in Santa Ana, California. His older sister died in 1918. He grew up in Orange [...
Massey, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Massey was born in September 1925 in Argo, Alabama. He had five brothers and he was the youngest. There were...
Colburn, George Prewar Life
George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...
Heim, Henry Prewar Life
Henry Heim was born in April 1921 in Trevorton, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and two sisters. He was the oldest...
Patton, Grant Prewar Life
Grant Patton was born in Oklahoma in May 1915. He had three radio shops in Texas. He serviced jukeboxes, record players...
Meikrantz, Frances Prewar life
Frances Meikrantz was born in 1921 in Worcester, Massachusettes. It was a nice town. She grew up during the Depression...
Alair, Gene Prewar Life
Gene Alair was born in February 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. His mother was in the entertainment business, so they...
Jensen, Mervin Prewar life
Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...
Hayward, David Prewar Life
David K. Hayward was born in May 1922 in San Francisco, California. When he was three, he moved to Pasadena, California...
Trauner, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Trauner was born in 1925 in Boonton, New Jersey. His father had a bakery there. In 1929, his father sold the...
Sledge, Nevin Prewar Life
Nevin Sledge was born in Alva, Mississippi in February 1921. His father was a farmer. They moved to the Mississippi...
Young, James Prewar Life
James Franklin Young was born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1921. He grew up with one older brother. His mother and father...
Dyer, Jimmie Prewar Life
Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...
Platkin, Carl Prewar Life
Carl Platkin was born in September 1924 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. His father worked...
Synder, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Daniel Snyder was born in October 1925 in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He was an only child. [Annotator's Note: The...
Huggins, Warren Prewar Life
Warren Huggins was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma in August 1926. He grew up on a farm. It was hard during the...
Tognoli, Paris Prewar Life
Paris Tognoli was born in December 1924 in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. They later...
Pratt, Robert Prewar Life
He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...
Carlson, Donald Prewar Life
Donald Albert Carlson was born in June 1924. [Annotator's Note: Carlson stops to see if he can hear the interviewer...
Famularo, Salvatore Prewar Life
Salvatore Famularo was born in Amsterdam, New York in September 1925. He had a sister and a brother. He was the oldest...
Dearey, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Allen Dearey was born in August 1927 in Perry, Iowa. He was an only child. He was a letter carrier for the post...
Miller, Rudolph Prewar Life
Rudolph C. Miller was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother took him to Chicago [Annotator's Note:...
Mestayer, Angus Prewar life
Angus Francis Mestayer is 95 years old. He was born in 1922 in Loreauville [Annotator's Note: Loreauville, Louisiana]....
Boeke, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Boeke was born in August 1925 in Pasadena, California. Pasadena was a great place with nice people. The weather...
Boyles, Edward Prewar Life
Edward E. Boyles was born in November 1918 in Aberdeen, Idaho. Shortly after the end of World War 1, Boyles' father...
Leonard, Edward Prewar Life
Edward J. Leonard was born in August 1919. He started working in the stables at age seven. There were horses all over...
Cook, Bane Prewar Life
Bane Cook was born in August 1925 in Illinois. He had an older brother. [Annotator’s Note: Cook talks about his brother...
Beaugh, George Prewar Life
George Beaugh was born in June 1922 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was one of six siblings. His parents were farmers....
Gay, Ralph Prewar Life
Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...
Tanenbaum, Melvin Prewar Life
Melvin S. Tanenbaum was born in 1923 in Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: Queens is one of the five boroughs in New...
Bowie, James Prewar Life
James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...
Quirk, Clint Prewar Life
Clint Quirk was born in December 1923 in Butte, Montana and grew up in Anaconda, Montana. He had one sister. His father...
Chartier, Charles Prewar Life
Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...
Hastings, Wilford Prewar Life
Wilford E. Hastings was born in Braggadocio, Missouri in July 1923. He grew up in the area. Family life was tough for...
Ruess, Richard Prewar Life
Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...
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...

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