Prewar life

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Earles, John Early Life, Enlistment and Training
John Earles was born in April 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a section foreman on the GM...
Jagoe, Armiger Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Armiger Jagoe was born in April 1921 in Okolona, Mississippi and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi when he was two years...
Lefever, Paul Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Paul Lefever was born in September 1920 in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, the youngest and only son among the three...
Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera...
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...
Heller, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Heller was born in December 1921 in Lake Wood, Ohio and became a member of the United States Army's 91st Bomb...
Fitz, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...
Shook, Hal Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...
Sved, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Edwin Sved was born in February 1924 in New York, New York and grew up through difficult times in a caring family. He...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Elizabeth Gibbens was born in January 1920 in Corning, New York. Her father, a schoolteacher at the time, moved the...
Walker, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Walker was born in September 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama. His father died in 1931, leaving his widow with three...
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...
Hever, John Early Life, Enlistment and Training
John Hever was born in 1924 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of four children and the only boy....
Sivak, Steve Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Steve Sivak was born in February 1922 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He had one older sister. His parents raised him in...
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...
Green, Arthur Early Life, Enlistment, and Military Training
Arthur George Green was born in Rock Port, Missouri in April 1926. His family moved to Wilsey, Kansas when he was about...
Chauncey, Charles Early Life, Enlistment, and Military Training
Charles Graves Chauncey was born in April 1923 in Chanute, Kansas. He went through the school system, went to Kansas...
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...
Neilson, Francis Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Francis Neilson was born in October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his...
Womack, James Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...
Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Clarence Lee Dobbs, known to his friends as Jack, was born in June 1925 in Dearborn, Michigan. He grew up there, and...
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...
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...
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...
Bolster, Elisabeth Early Life, Family, and Being a War Bride
Elisabeth Bolster was born in the Bavarian region in Germany. Upon arriving in the United States, she discovered that...
Nerison, James "Jim" Early Life, Joining the Navy and Going into PT Boats
James Nerison was born in San Francisco. His mother and father moved down to the city of Alhambra near Los Angeles. His...
Reynolds, Holly Early Life, Joining the Red Cross and Overseas Deployment
Holly Frederick Reynolds was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was born in Virginia because her mother was there at the...
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...
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...
Dean, Donald Early Life, the Draft and Enlistment
Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...
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...

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