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George, Carroll Prewar Life to Coast Guard Academy
Carroll George was born in October 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up ten miles from Atlanta out in the country. His...
Jacobson, Martin Prewar Life to Demolition Training
Martin Jacobson was born in Zurich, Montana in 1921. He attended college and got a deferment from service until he...
Little, Henry Prewar Life to Drafted
Henry Floyd Little was born Kemper County, Mississippi near DeKalb. He lived in the country and his family raised their...
Rooney, Andrew Prewar Life to Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the set up and with Andrew A. Rooney looking through a book while talking...
Keller, Jack Prewar Life to England
Jack Keller was born in June 1924 in Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio]. His parents and brother were...
Davis, Jack Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: Conversation between some people off-camera can be heard throughout this clip.] Jack Davis...
Simons, F.M. Prewar Life to Enlistment
F.M. Richard Simons was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania in December 1925. He lived there his whole life. He attended...
Lewter, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert Lewter was born Lincoln County, Tennessee in October 1927. His father was a sharecropper. Lewter grew up...
Mikus, John Prewar Life to Enlistment
John Mikus, Jr. was born in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania in October 1921. His father was a coal miner. Mikus had seven...
McKay, Edgar Prewar Life to Enlistment
Edgar L. McKay was born on 2 January 1925 in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi]. He had four sisters...
Weber, Ed Prewar Life to Entering the Service
Ed Weber was born in March 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He had one older brother. He moved to Dallas, Texas when he...
Sibley, Allen Prewar Life to Guam
Allen Ray Sibley was born in November 1925 in Livingston Parish [Annotator's Note: Livingston Parish, Louisiana]. He...
Culpepper, George Prewar Life to Leyte, Philippines
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of skipping in the beginning of this clip.] George Culpepper was born in Fort Valley...
Dunne, Edward Prewar Life to Liberated France
Edward Dunne was born in October 1924 in Winsted, Connecticut. He got remarried after his first wife died and he moved...
Armentaro, Louis Prewar Life to Mindanao
Louis J. Armentaro was born a twin in September 1924 in Livingston, Montana. He has lived there his whole life. His...
Schafer, Leon Prewar Life to Naval Commission
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...
Harris, Rufus Prewar Life to Navy Ensign
Rufus Harris was born in 1923 in Macon, Georgia. He lived there for four years and then they moved to New Orleans [...
Heneghan, James Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Doctor James B. Heneghan grew up in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He was born in La Porte, Indiana in...
Dearman, Alfred Prewar Life to Postwar Enlistment
Alfred Dearman was born in June 1930 in Abilene, Texas. He was an orphan who was adopted at three days old by an older...
Twigger, William Prewar Life to Postwar Life
William J. Twigger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived his entire life there. He was the eldest of four...
Albright, William Prewar Life to Reported as Missing In Action
William Albright's father was a mailman. Albright was born in May 1923 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1960, he worked...
McCarthy, George Prewar Life to Reuniting with Fellow Prisoners
George W. McCarthy was a senior in high school and with friends when he found out about the Pearl Harbor attack [...
Stiles, John Prewar Life to the Marine Corps
John Stiles was born in September 1924 in Wadestown, West Virginia. He grew up there. He was the second of seven...
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,...
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...
Taylor, Robert Prewar to Corpsman
Robert Merrill Taylor was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in October 1920. There were nine children in his family. He...
Baker, Sterling Prewar to Coxswain
Sterling Baker was born in October 1924 in Texas. His mother and grandmother raised five children during the Great...
Gilmore, Selwyn Prewar to Draft
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with the crew setting up.] Selwyn Preston Gilmore, Sr. was born in Berwick,...
Chauvin, Ernest Prewar to Drafted
Ernest Chauvin was born in Houma, Louisiana in October 1925. He lived there until he was drafted in 1943 or 1944. His...
Silvia, Joseph Prewar to India
Joseph Silvia was born in April 1922 in Newport, Rhode Island. He was exposed to the military at age 12, by a soldier...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Prewar to Rosie
Helen Kushnir was born in February 1926 in Dearborn, Michigan and has been there all of her life. She had three sisters...
Beynon, Robert Prewar to Submarines
Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....
Bender, Harry Prewar, Enlistment, and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is the sound of a lawnmower in the background during this clip.] Harry Bender was born and...
Hebert, Willie Roy Prewar, Marine, and Postwar Lives
Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...
Hymel, Clyde Prewar, the Pacific, and Postwar
Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prison Camps, Guards, Crewmembers
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...

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