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Cox, Neil "Jack" Entrance into Service
Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...
Kays, George Entrance into Service
George Kays was born in July 1915 on a farm outside of Cambridge, Ohio. He went to school in a two-room school. In 1929...
Heim, Henry Entrance into Service
Henry Heim was 17 years old when he went to work in the mine with his father. He shoveled coal into a buggy. His father...
Patton, Grant Entrance into Service
Grant Patton had an amateur radio license. He joined the Naval Reserve Radio Network. He volunteered as a Navy radioman...
Craig, James Entrance into Service
James Craig was born in August 1918 in Tennessee. His father worked for the Beaver Brothers. He did a lot of hauling...
Sledge, Nevin Entrance into Service
Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...
Clark, Merrill Entrance into Service
Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Corson, Eugene Entrance into Service
Eugene Corson was happy to be in the Navy. It was rough. He went to boot camp in Rhode Island at an airbase. He could...
Platkin, Carl Entrance into Service
Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Geiger, John Entrance into Service
John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...
Britt, James Entrance into Service
James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...
Asher, Adolph Entrance into Service
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Dearey, Bernard Entrance into Service
Bernard Allen Dearey was sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota for induction, and then went to Fort Sheridan, Illinois for a...
Boeke, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
St. Amant, Philemon Entrance into Service
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant graduated high school in 1935 in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]....
Leonard, Edward Entrance into Service
Edward J. Leonard was in a National Guard unit that was federalized. They put out a call for volunteers. Leonard had a...
Molen, Herman Entrance into Service
Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...
Bowie, James Entrance into Service
James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...
Johnson, James Entrance into Service
James Johnson chose the Army because he had a brother lost overboard a ship in 1938. Johnson was the last of 11...
O'Brien, William L. Entrance into Service
William O’Brien was born in Dubuque, Iowa in June 1918. His real father passed away when he was four months old. His...
Patterson, James Entrance into Service
James Patterson was called up on 23 February 1943. He was sent to boot camp with a bunch of other reservists. They...
Clayton, Orville Entrance into Service
Orville Clayton was born in Fort Payne, Alabama in May 1921. He grew up in a small town. His father was a physician. He...
Horn, Arnold Entrance into Service
Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....
Lopez, Lionel Entrance into Service
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He went to Catholic...
Lopez, Lionel Entrance into Service
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...
Stewart, William Entrance into Service
William Stewart was sent to Camp Beale in California [Annotator’s Note: near Marysville, California]. He got his first...
Smith, Clifford Entrance into Service
[Annotator's Note: A dog barks in the background throughout video.] Clifford Smith was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania...
Urice, Joe Entrance into Service
Joel Urice moved to Taft, Texas during his junior year of high school in 1940. It was a different culture of people. He...
Simon, Albert Entrance into Service
Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...
Beal, Harold Entrance into Service
Harold Beal wanted to go into the Navy because he got around his father’s boat quite well. He was in the Navy for four...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Entrance into Service
Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...
Cassady, William Entrance into Service
William Cassady went to Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois] by train. Then he went on to Great Lakes [...
Malone, Dorothy "GiGi" Entrance into Service
Dorothy Malone enlisted on 7 December 1943. She was home when she heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Wolyn, Monroe Entrance into Service
Monroe S. Wolyn was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Nygren, Karl Entrance into Service
Carl Nygren was drafted before he graduated high school. He had to take an exam for basic English and arithmetic. He...
Taliancich, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Taliancich did basic training at Camp Beauregard [Annotator’s Note: Camp Beauregard, Louisiana], then he was...

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