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Smith, Rothacker Detroit
Rothacker Smith's family moved into his grandfather's house in Detroit before the Great Depression. There, Smith and...
Jones, Gerry Difficult Childhood
Gerry Jones was born in September 1926 in Logansport, Indiana. His family was badly affected by the Great Depression....
Johnson, Norman Drafted and Overseas
Norman Johnson was born on Staten Island, New York on 16 January 1925. His father was an electrician. In the afternoons...
Jarvis, Robert Drafted into the Army
Robert Jarvis was born in Muskegon, Michigan in September 1923. He had one younger brother and one younger sister. His...
Newton, Cecil Drafted into the Army
Cecil J. V. Newton was born in March 1925 on a family farm in Highlands, Texas. He was an only child. His father was a...
Nunnink, Lawrence Eager to Join the Merchant Marines
Gregory Lawrence Nunnink was born in Kansas City [Annotator’s Note: Kansas City, Missouri] in 1927. He grew up with one...
Linscott, Jack Early Childhood
Jack Linscott was born in December 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had two sisters and one brother. He was 16 years...
Brien, Russel Early Farm Life
Russell Brien was born in June 1925 in Houma, Louisiana. His father was a sugar cane farmer and Brien would run to the...
Oreck, David Early Flight Training and Future Worries
David Oreck trained as a civilian pilot for the Lend-Lease Program [Annotator's Note: An Act to Promote the Defense of...
Sykes, Ralph Early Life
Ralph Sykes was born in March 1924 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. As a boy, his family moved to a farm outside of...
Longhoffer, Garland Early Life
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was known as "Chub" through high school. He was born in Abilene, Kansas, in March 1926. His...
Murphy, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Murphy was born in New York City in 1926. His mother died during the birth and he was raised by guardians in...
Lockhart, Richard Early Life
Richard Lockhart was born in Lima, Ohio in January 1924 and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was an only child. He...
Romano, Joseph Early Life
Joseph R. Romano was born in Cleveland, Ohio in November 1923. He had six sisters and three brothers. He was number...
Beverstein, Jack Early Life
Jack T. Beverstein was born in 1925 in South Bend, Indiana. He grew up during the Great Depression, but it had little...
Maynard, Mark Early Life
Mark John Maynard served on USS Sturgeon (SS-187), USS Marlin (SS-204), and USS Cobbler (SS-344) during World War Two....
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...
Stone, Edward Early Life
Edward Stone was born in September 1923 in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He grew up in that small town and had an excellent...
Kiniry, Andrew "Tim" Early Life
Andrew "Tim" Kiniry was born in November 1921 in Philadelphia. Rarely did the family have meat during the Great...
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...
Summers, Calvin Early Life
Calvin Summers was born in February 1925 in Westminster, Maryland. When he was 11 months old he moved with his mother...
Ram, Walter Early Life
Walter F. Ram grew up in Nogales, Arizona. His father lost his job during the Great Depression but managed to get small...
Tipper, Edward Early Life
Edward Tipper was a member of a military group that received a tremendous amount of recognition. He was 18 or 19 when...
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...
Rorschach, Robert Early Life
Robert L. Rorschach was born in Tulsa [Annotator's Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma] in August 1922. It was a small town at the...
Pantuso, Frank Early Life
Frank Pantuso was born in November 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. He says his mother and father worked hard to support the...
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...
Mayes, Robert Early Life
Robert Mayes was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 1923. He graduated from high school in 1941. He maintained...
Hurley, Wallace Early Life
Wallace G. Hurley was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1923. His mother and father divorced. His alcoholic father headed...
Puissegur, Baptiste Early Life
Baptiste Puissegur was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920 and grew up on a farm with his parents and older brothers...
Ikari, Norman Early Life
Norman Ikari was born in Seattle, Washington on 17 February 1919. His parents were Japanese immigrants. Life was not...
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...
Nummer, Richard Early Life
Richard Nummer was born in 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had five brothers and a sister, all of who were raised in...
Schneider, Richard Early Life
Richard "Dick" Schneider was born in Akron, Ohio in March 1923. His family included his parents, one sister, and one...

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