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Sandoz, James Prewar Life to Omaha Beach
James Sandoz was born in New Iberia, Louisiana in January 1924. His father was a farmer. They did not have electricity...
Coleman, Harper Prewar Life to Overseas
Harper Harvey Coleman was born in April 1922 in Newburg, Pennsylvania near Gettysburg [Annotator's Note: Gettysburg,...
Stone, Leno Prewar Life to Overseas
Leno E. Stone was born on 23 September 1921 in Red Lodge, Montana. As a child he went to school in Kalama, Washington...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Linwood S. Inscoe was born in Nashville, North Carolina in January 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Cockrell, James Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
James Cockrell was born in Alabama in December 1924. He grew up where his parents had grown up. When he was young, they...
Pierce, John Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] John Edward Pierce was born in January 1925 in...
Hauberg, Harold Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Harold Hauberg was born and raised in Nebraska City, Nebraska in July 1918. He entered the service in 1938, when the...
Compton, Bryan Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Bryan Compton was born in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1919. He has lived around Watonga all his life and got to see the world...
Howland, Gilbert Prewar Life to Panama Canal Duty
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland was born in April 1923 in...
Combs, Monroe Prewar Life to Paratrooper Training
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs was born in October 1921 in...
Angel, Earl Prewar Life to Paratrooper Training
Earl Angel was born in August 1923 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He had ten siblings, four sisters and six brothers. His...
Winnier, Lawrence Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor Bombing
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Lawrence Winnier in conversation with the interviewer.] Lawrence Winnier was...
Riggs, Clarence Prewar Life to Pilot
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...
Asbury, Richard Prewar Life to Pilot Training
Richard Asbury was born in Maryland [Annotator's Note: Prince Frederick, Maryland in September 1920] and had a good...
Marshall, James Prewar Life to Radioman
James "Jim" Marshall was born in August 1923 in Reading, Kansas. He grew up on a farm with his six siblings. His family...
Becker, Clarence Prewar Life to Reconnaissance Pilot
Clarence Becker was born in Rochester, New York one week after World War 1 ended, 18 November 1918. He was the fifth of...
Light, Carl Prewar Life to Rifleman
Carl Light was born in a small town in southern Missouri and was inducted at Fort Leonard Wood [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Eads, Arthur Prewar Life to Seabee Training
Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...
Levee, Harris Prewar Life to Secret Life
Harris H. Levee was born in August 1919 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of...
Currier, William Prewar Life to Service
William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....
Cohen, Benjamin Prewar Life to Soldier
Benjamin Wolf Cohen got his legal middle name after he contracted Polio as a young child. He was cured miraculously...
Wombacher, Delbert Prewar Life to the 4th Cavalry Regiment
Delbert Frank Wombacher was born in Lawrence, Nebraska on a farm [Annotator's Note: in October 1918]. He grew during...
Alter, Joseph Prewar Life to the Army
Joseph Alter was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in May 1923. His father kept his job as a...
Stevens, Kenneth Prewar Life to the Marines
Kenneth E. Stevens was born in July 1924 in Todd County [Annotator's Note: in Long Prairie, Minnesota]. He attended...
Brown, Jules Prewar Life to the Navy
Jules Desloge Brown was born in 1923 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His father was a colonel in the cavalry of the Army....
Connelly, James Prewar Life to the Navy
James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...
Sturman, William Prewar Life to the Navy
William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...
Harvey, David Prewar Life to the Pacific
David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...
Tatum, John Prewar Life to the Pacific
John Wesley Tatum was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in North Carolina at a pole mill in Leland...
Hyland, Everett Prewar Life to the Pennsy
Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...
Buckley, James Prewar Life to the USS LST-1013
James Buckley was born in March 1923 in Sharon, Connecticut. He attended school in his house until high school. He went...
Cummings, Mary Prewar Life to the WAVES
Mary Cummings was born in Dunkirk, New York in April 1921. It was the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Lowe, Robert Prewar Life to Top Secret Radar Sets
Robert Lowe was born in Hutton, Louisiana in July 1922. He worked his way through high school during the Great...
Henry, Frederick Prewar Life to Tuskegee Institute
Frederick Henry was born in January 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
Trahan, Horace Prewar Life to US Navy
Horace Trahan was born in January 1927 in Maurice, Louisiana. He had one brother and two sisters. His father owned a...
Carruth, John Prewar Life to VE-Day
John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...

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