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Bridgforth, Carolyn Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Carolyn Bridgforth was born in February 1923 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. It was wonderful growing up there. No crime,...
Paege, Harry Prewar Life and Postwar Careers
Harry George Paege, Junior was born in November 1921 in South Bend, Indiana. His grandmother died and his grandfather...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Prewar Life and Rationing
Herbert Yudenfriend was born in November 1926 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His...
Alexander, Samson Prewar Life and Segregation
Samson Alexander was born in July 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in Gert Town [Annotator's Note: a...
Haines, Joseph Prewar Life and The Draft
Joseph Haines was born in March 1922 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He had one older sister. He was raised by his mother who...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Prewar Life and Wartime
While overseas, Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little...
Cohen, Jack Prewar Life in Greece
Jack Cohen was born in July 1932 in Chalcis, Greece [Annotator's Note: Khalkís, Greece]. Before the war, they had peace...
Pbert, Herman Prewar Life in Italy
Herman Pbert was born in July 1926 in Piedicavallo, Italy near the Swiss border. His father had a construction business...
Bloch, Itka Prewar Life in Poland
Itka Bloch was born in Poland in November 1925. She had four sisters and was the youngest. Her father was a carpenter...
Werner, Jack Prewar Life in Vienna
Jack Werner was born in 1919 in Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. His father was a mechanical engineer and...
Jones, Johnnie Prewar Life Through Sixth Grade
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was born in November 1919 in Laurel Hill, Louisiana. He had three brothers and four sisters....
Uchida, Togue Prewar Life to Army Training
Togue Uchida was born in October 1917 in Stoughton, Wisconsin and lived there until he was 12 years old. He moved to...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Prewar Life to Becoming an Army Nurse
Helen Gagel [Annotator’s Note: born Helen Cosgrove] was born in 1915 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. She had four brothers...
McDonald, Robert Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Robert W. McDonald was born in Carlinville, Illinois in January 1924. His father was born when Abraham Lincoln [...
Parham, Henry Prewar Life to Being Drafted
[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] Henry Parham was born in November 1921 in...
Bache-Wiig, John Prewar Life to Boot Camp
John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s name is hyphenated because he is Norwegian. Somebody had married and had two children and both...
Reavis, Carrel Prewar Life to Boot Camp
Carrel Reavis was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He grew up in the country on a farm. He had a large family, 17 kids...
Spinato, Angelo Prewar Life to Boxer in College
Angelo Joseph Spinato was born in August 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He never left...
Yip, Wallace Prewar Life to Drafted
Wallace Yip, Sr. was born in Canton, China and left when he was ten years old. He left his mother and came to the...
Gierka, Eugene Prewar Life to Drafted
Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...
Rooney, Andrew Prewar Life to Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the set up and with Andrew A. Rooney looking through a book while talking...
Guitard, Robert Prewar Life to Drafted
Robert Guitard was born in January 1927 in Westbrook, Maine, the home of Rudy Vallée [Annotator's Note: Hubert Prior...
Alspaugh, James Prewar Life to Drafted
James Alspaugh was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 1925. His parents came to Oklahoma when it was still Indian...
Levit, Sydney Prewar Life to Drafted
Sydney Levit was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] in July 1924. He grew up in a...
Tallon, Donald Prewar Life to Drafted
Don Tallon was born in Trenton, New Jersey in August 1924. His family was quite poor. The neighborhood was segmented...
Davis, Jack Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: Conversation between some people off-camera can be heard throughout this clip.] Jack Davis...
Baum, Irving Prewar Life to Enlistment
Irving Baum was born in September 1923 in Monticello, New York. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Baum to...
Dietrick, Alfred Prewar Life to Enlistment
Alfred Dietrick was born in December 1921 in San Antonio, Texas. His life was happy. His father was a carpenter when he...
Burrell, Joseph Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
King, William Prewar Life to Enlistment
William King was born October 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. It was a nice community that was rather mixed, Italians and...
Lochra, Albert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in August 1925. They lived in a coaling town named Amend [...
Braitman, Simon Prewar Life to German Attack
Simon Braitman was born in March 1930 in Maciejowice, near Warsaw, on the Vistula River in Poland. At the age of two,...
Bouton, Helen Prewar Life to German Invasion
Helene Bouton was born in Irshava, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: now Irshava, Ukraine] in December 1925. Her father...
Doundoulakis, Helias Prewar Life to Greek Resistance
elias Doundoulakis was born in Canton, Ohio in July 1923. He grew up with one older brother, George. He was raised by...
Yamamoto, Albert Prewar Life to Japan
Albert Yamamoto was born in 1927 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Mirsky, Arnold Prewar Life to Joining the Military
Arnold A. Mirsky was born in November 1918 and was born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were immigrants of Russia...

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