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Payn, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Thomas Payn was born in June 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of his Canadian parents. The family moved to...
Ferris, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...
Boos, Michael Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Michael Wilford Boos was born in May 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of five children. During the Great...
Bradley, Aubrey Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Aubrey Bradley was born in October 1923 in Blue Mound, Kansas. When he was 18 and attending the University of Kansas,...
Rees, Holly Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...
Grun, Frederick Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frederick Grun was born in March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children. His father was an...
Harris, Whitney Early Life, Enlistment, and Assignments
Whiney Harris was born in August 1912 in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and the...
Pavlovich, Theodore Early Life, Enlistment, and Deployment
Theodore Pavlovich was born on 19 August 1923 in Leith, Pennsylvania, one of seven children in a close-knit family. His...
Lafleur, Kenneth Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Kenneth A. Lafleur was born in May 1923 in Ville Platte [Annotator's Note: Ville Platte Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
Thelen, Richard Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
[Annotator's Note: The interview video skips a bit in the beginning.] Richard Thelen was born in March 1927 and grew up...
Serna, Fernando Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Corregidor
Fernando Serna was born in Laredo, Texas in October 1922. He was a senior in high school when the war started. He was...
Kenney, Clyde Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
Clyde Kenney was born in August 1924 in Cumberland, Maryland. His mother and father were divorced, and Kenney and his...
Hanley, Fiske Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
Fiske Hanley was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas, one of the five children in his family. Although he grew up...
Marca, Carl Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment to Australia
Carl Marca was born in March 1918 in Sheffield, Pennsylvania. His parents moved around a bit before settling in...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Benjamin Schleider was born in Brenham, Texas in 1921. His grandfather was a successful businessman and was very...
Douglas, Walter Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Water Douglas was born in January 1920 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He grew up with two younger brothers. His father, a...
Lebsack, Wayne Early Life, Enlistment, Training, and Deployment
Wayne Lebsack was born in July 1925 in Great Bend, Kansas. He and his two sisters grew up in Galatia, Kansas where his...
Rans, Robert Early Life, Entering the Service, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...
Pigott, Joe Early Life, Entrance Into Service and Deployment
Joe Pigott was born in 1925 in Cybur, Pearl River County, Mississippi and grew up during the Great Depression. He said...
Graham, Chester "Chet" Early Life, Entrance Into Service and Deployment
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] was born in Oakland, California in March 1918, and moved around...
Courtney, Melbourne Early Life, Entrance Into Service and Overseas Deployment
Melbourne Sanford Courtney was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky in 1925. He lived on a family farm, and his memory of...
Lansford, William Early Life, Joining the Marines and Service in Iceland
William Douglas Lansford was born in 1922 in Los Angeles. His father was an Anglo from Texas and his mother was a...
Brignac, Martin Early Life, Losing His Father and Seeing a Wooden Washing Machine
Martin Brignac was born in November 1921 in Lutcher, Louisiana. He only lived there the first year and then moved to...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Early LIfe, Marriage, Loss and Red Cross
Blanche Marie (Gregory) Barnes Gangwere was born in 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up near Northeast High...
Pizzolongo, Paul Early Life, Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge
Paul Pizzolongo was born in February 1923 in Bronx, New York. His father picked numbers for the bookies and his mom did...
Porteau, Leo Early Life, the Draft and Deployment
Leo Porteau was born on 14 September 1921 in Reeves, Louisiana. During the Great Depression, his family moved around...
Snyder, Harry Early Life, the Draft and Training
Harry Snyder was born in August 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an only child who lived with his mother and...
Sweatt, Robert Early Life, the Draft and Training
Robert Sweatt was born in May 1922 in Lovington, New Mexico, one of six children of a county commissioner. He came up...
Fatora, Jerome Early Life, the Draft, Training and Deployment
Jerome Fatora was born in July 1925 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. He grew up there and when the draft age was lowered...
Lane, Charles Early Life, The Great Depression, the CCC, and Military Training
Charles Nathan Lane was born in Carryville, Arkansas in June 1919. Lane recalls the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Coxe, John Early Life, Training and Deployment
John Coxe was born in August 1921 in Walker, Louisiana. He was one of seven children, four of whom were members of the...
Callender, Alvin Early Life, Training and Deployment
Alvin Callender was born in 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Before he joined the military, he was a student at...
Morrison, Donald Early Life, Training and Fighting in Europe
Donald C. Morrison was part of the 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment, Company K [Annotator's Note: Company...
Clapper, Joe Early Military Life and Overseas Deployment
Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...
Roderick, David Early Training and War Beginnings
David Roderick was born in Decatur, Illinois on 18 November 1923. Roderick had five brothers. His mother and father...
DeMott, Joseph Early War Duty in the Pacific
When the war started, Joseph DeMott was still working as a radio operator. His group was scheduled to take off for...

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