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Jaffe, Stanley Prewar Life to War's End
Dr. Stanley Jaffe was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1925. He grew up in Cleveland and did his college work there...
Rippin, Elsie Prewar Life to WAVES
Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...
Stephensen, Margaret Prewar Life to WAVES
Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...
Foster, Myrtle Prewar Life to WAVES
Mrs. P.A. "Tippy" Foster was born in December 1920 in Kaufman, Texas. She grew up in East Texas as one of seven...
Brewster, Oliver Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Deployment to Europe
Oliver Brewster was born in 1926 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He had three sisters. His father was a sharecropper, and...
Poye, Matthew Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Training
Matthew Poye was born in January 1928 in White Valley, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers and four sisters. His family...
Belcher, Lewis Prewar Life, Draft, and Training
Lewis E. Belcher was born on Christmas Day 1923 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. His father did a lot of things, including...
Linger, Russell Prewar Life, Draft, and Training
Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was born in Winter Haven, Florida in March 1921. He lived there until he was 13 years old....
Sylvest, Thomas Prewar Life, Education and Enlistment
Thomas Ard Sylvest was born in September 1925 in Provencal, Louisiana. He had 12 brothers and sisters. His father was a...
Purvis, Frank Prewar Life, Education, and ROTC
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Frank Purvis what he brought with him. He explains]. Frank Purvis was born in...
Gorman, Ted Prewar Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Broussard, Lee Prewar Life, Enlistment and Military Service Stateside
Lee R. Broussard was born in December 1925 in Loreauville, Louisiana. His father was a construction worker and then...
Stroud, William Prewar Life, Enlistment and Training
William Scott Stroud was born in June 1921 in Huntington, Arkansas but soon moved to Shady Point, Oklahoma where he...
Campbell, Donald Prewar Life, Enlistment and Training
Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...
James, Eugene Prewar Life, Enlistment, and Training
Eugene N. James was born in Brewton, Alabama. His father was a Methodist minister, and they spent a lot of time in West...
Johnson, Erwin Prewar Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment to the Philippines
Erwin Johnson was born in October 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended George Washington School through the...
Stewart, Roy Prewar Life, Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Roy Stewart was born in September 1926 in Amite, Louisiana. He enjoyed living in a small town. His father was an...
Treen, John Prewar Life, School and Military Training
John Treen was born in 1926 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he resided until his family moved to New Orleans when he...
Hughes, Lowell Prewar Life, the CMTC and Joining the 45th Infantry Division
Lowell Hughes was born in Poteau, Oklahoma in October 1919. He stayed there until he was 18 years old. He went to the...
Pribyl, William Prewar Life, the Draft and Deployment
William J. Pribyl was born in September 1923 in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the Army as the Technical Executive...
Martin, Oscar Prewar Life, the Draft and Military Training
Oscar Otto Martin was born in Watseka, Illinois in June 1924. He was the oldest of three siblings. His only brother...
Schmittgens, Leo Prewar Life, the Draft, and Boot Camp
Leo William Schmittgens was born in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] in February 1926. He had four...
Judd, Robert Prewar Life,, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Judd was born in September 1920 in Oak Park, Illinois. The third of four children, he had twin older brothers...
Swan, Robert Prewar Naval Aviator
Robert Swan did not select going into patrol planes. Everybody asks for fighters when they go through flight school....
Brown, Bernard Prewar Portland to Training in Texas
Bernard Brown was born in Portland, Oregon in 1924 and moved to Salem, Oregon with his family when he was 13 years old...
Stone, Edward Prewar Service Aboard the USS Pyro (AE-1)
Edward Stone was aboard the Pyro [Annotator's Note: USS Pyro (AE-1)] and found the ship had good cooks. That was...
Rinas, Bruno Prewar Service in the Philippines
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Rinas talking about Rinas's wife.] Bruno S. Rinas moved to...
Steeg, Moise Prewar to Air Force Careers
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. did not want to be in the infantry. He got in at a fortunate time when bases were being built for...
Tarantelli, Armand Prewar to Armored Training
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Pohorilla, Michael Prewar to Army Air Corps Cadet School
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...
Guzman, Nicanor Prewar to Army Captain
Nicanor Guzman was born in the Philippines in March 1918. He got his two year basic course in the Army. He also studied...
Gatlin, Carl Prewar to Army Life
Carl Robert Gatlin was born in January 1920 in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He grew up with two younger sisters in his...
Batty, William Prewar to Army Training
[Annotator’s Note: A dog panting is audible in the background throughout segment.] William Batty was born in December...
Golemi, Frank Prewar to Aviation Cadet
Frank Golemi was born in November 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a butcher and had his own shop. They...
Armstrong, Henry Prewar to Basic Training
Henry Armstrong was born in November 1924 in Ludlow, Kentucky. His mother was a single parent of three children. They...
Jaber, Anton Prewar to Basic Training
Anton Jaber was born in June 1925 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up there and his mother died when he was two...

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