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Colbert, Hugh Joining the Army
Hugh L. Colbert was born in Electra, Texas in June 1925. He attended school there in the Electra public school system...
Farley, Daniel Joining the Army
Daniel Farley tried to enlist in the Marine Corps but they turned him down. He then went to the Army and they took him...
Claassen, Gerald Joining the Army
Gerald Claassen was born in Buffalo Center, Iowa in December 1920. His father died at the age of 26 when Claassen was...
Kerchum, Paul Joining the Army
Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...
Halpern, Gerard Joining the Army
Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...
Pryor, Robert Joining the Army
Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...
Crandall, Joe Joining the Army
Joe Crandall was born in Topeka, Kansas in May 1920. His father managed hotels, so he moved his family all over the...
Eustis, Lawrence Joining the Army Air Corps
Lawrence Eustis was at March Field, California when he was assigned to the 2nd Photo Mapping Squadron as a lab...
Adair, Charles Joining the Army Air Corps
Charles Watkins Adair went into the infantry in the signal corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Signal Corps, after being...
Stecher, Fred Joining the Army Air Corps
Fred A. Stecher was born in November 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up on a farm in Etna, Ohio with his parents,...
Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
Dubay, Henry Joining the Army Air Corps
Henry Dubay was born in July 1923 in Turner’s Falls [Annotator’s Note: Montague, Massachusetts]. He grew up in a “...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Higgins, Archibald Joining the Army Air Corps and Flight Training
Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...
Boyer, Ralph Joining the Army Air Force
[Annotator’s Note: For the first two minutes of the recording, the interviewee is getting prepared for the interview.]...
Schweitzer, Philip Joining the Army and Deploying to Leyte
Philip Schweitzer served as a combat medic with the 11th Airborne Division. Schweitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn...
Rosendahl, Robert Joining the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Robert Dale Rosendahl was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in April 1921 and grew up in a small agricultural town....
Jett, Arley Joining the Army and Landing in Normandy
Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....
Inoshita, Masaji Joining the Army, Language Training and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: Masaji Insohita served in the Army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Joining the Berlin Airlift
Charles Childs knew the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Western Allies' operation to supply the blockaded city of...
Meyer, Henry Joining the Coast Guard
After Henry T. Meyer graduated from high school, he enlisted in the service and went to boot camp where he received...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Joining the Home Army
Z. Anthony Kruszewski was 15 years old in 1943. He was in high school in secret because the Germans outlawed schools....
Leopold, Vernon Joining the I&R Platoon
Vernon Leopold joined the I...
DiSabatino, Eugene Joining the Manhattan Project
Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...
Hatch, Norman Joining the Marine Corps
Norman Hatch graduated from high school when he was 17 years old. He grew up in both Boston, Massachusetts and...
Durocher, Edmund Joining the Marine Corps
Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...
Meyer, Lois Joining the Marine Corps and Being a Marine Officer
Lois Meyer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920. She went to the Ursuline Academy there. She was listening to the...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Joining the Marine Corps and Training
Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...
Jones, Gerry Joining the Marines
Gerry Jones was painting radio towers in California when he heard the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Hill, Rawley Joining the Marines
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill was born in...
Hebert, Willie Roy Joining the Marines
Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...
Guidone, Frank Joining the Marines
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with Frank Guidone and the interviewer talking about Guidone contracting malaria and...
Goodrich, James Joining the Marines and Boot Camp
James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Joining the Marines and Overseas Deployment
Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Merchant Marine
Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...
Hirabayashi, Grant Joining the Military
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi attended school in Hotaka, Nagano, Japan for eight years and lived with his extended family....

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