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Dendrinelis, Socrates Prewar Life
Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...
Lingo, Alfred Prewar Life
Alfred A. Lingo was born in San, Jose, Costa Rica in March 1914. His father was a civilian engineer for United Fruit...
Brown, Charles Prewar Life
Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...
Barksdale, Battle Prewar Life
Battle Malone Barksdale was the youngest of seven children. He was born in February 1916 in Mississippi [Annotator's...
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...
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...
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...
Kirkpatrick, Otto Prewar Life
Otto Kirkpatrick went to college after he got back from the war. Before the war, he was working for the conservation...
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...
Lents, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Lents was born in October 1921 on a farm in South Creston, Iowa where he grew up and worked on a big farm his...
Riedl, Edward Prewar Life
Edward Riedl was born in November 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] and grew up there. He...
Horn, Arnold Prewar Life
Arnold Horn was born in July 1919 in Luling, Louisiana. He is one of seven boys. Five of them served in World War Two...
Bost, Ben Prewar Life
Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...
Siverts, Hans Prewar Life
Hans Siverts was born in March 1918 in Marshall, North Dakota and lived on a ranch until he was five. He had six...
Zunno, Frank Prewar Life
Frank Zunno was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923. He lived with his parents and one younger sister. During the Great...
Pugh, Glover Prewar Life
Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...
Wicklund, John Prewar Life
When John Wicklund went for classification at Keesler Field [Annotator's Note: now Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi,...
Jerabek, Gene Prewar Life
Gene R. Jerabek was born in Winfield, Pennsylvania in December 1917. She grew up on a farm. They had electricity in the...
Curley, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1922. Curley's father owned a railway...
Gibbs, Robert Prewar Life
Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...
Melton, M. Prewar Life
M. Edward Melton was born in Henderson, Kentucky in June 1925. He had a happy childhood. They had no money, but neither...
Malone, Dorothy "GiGi" Prewar Life
Dorothy Malone was born in June 1922 in Ware, Massachusetts. Her father passed away when she was a child. Her mother...
Tolles, Martha Prewar Life
Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...
Gohlke, Marvin Prewar Life
Marvin H. Gohlke was born in Texas in November 1921. He was the oldest child. His mother had four more sons. She died...
Annas, Floyd Prewar Life
Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...
Griffis, James Prewar Life
James A. Griffis was born in Lake Forest, Illinois in October 1924. His father was a general contractor. Lake Forest...
Settles, Louise Prewar Life
Louise Settles was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in June 1916. She was working for Bethlehem Steel at Fore River...
Eshelman, Raymond Prewar Life
Ray Eshelman was born in Dayton, Ohio, in July 1925. He grew up there and attended school. He graduated [Annotator's...
Allegrezza, Johnny Prewar Life
Johnny Allegrezza was born in Mississippi in January 1923. He went to school through the ninth grade. His parents...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Hillenbrand was born in May 1925 in Syracuse, New York. Growing up in the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Woodworth, Newell Prewar Life and Air Force Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Newell Bertram Woodworth was born in June 1923 in...
Jones, Harold Prewar Life and Airborne Training
Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...
Ratliff, Rob Roy Prewar Life and Basic Training
Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...
Waldman, Norman Prewar Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Norman William Waldman was born in December 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a machine gunner in the...
Votrobek, Jr., John Prewar Life and Becoming a Submarine Sailor
John Robert Votrobeck Jr. was born in July 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He went to school in Omaha and graduated high...
Cristiano, Nick Prewar Life and Being of Italian Descent
Nick Cristiano was born in July 1925. He grew up in the Bronx, New York. There were great schools. His father owned a...

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