Prewar life

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Sapp, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Sapp was born in Jacksonville, Florida in January 1926. His mother was visiting her parents on vacation when he...
Sartori, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Sartori Jr.’s father was an immigrant from northern Italy. They were carriage makers and blacksmiths. His father...
Tognoli, Paris Prewar Life
Paris Tognoli was born in December 1924 in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. They later...
Pratt, Robert Prewar Life
He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...
Carlson, Donald Prewar Life
Donald Albert Carlson was born in June 1924. [Annotator's Note: Carlson stops to see if he can hear the interviewer...
Famularo, Salvatore Prewar Life
Salvatore Famularo was born in Amsterdam, New York in September 1925. He had a sister and a brother. He was the oldest...
Dearey, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Allen Dearey was born in August 1927 in Perry, Iowa. He was an only child. He was a letter carrier for the post...
Miller, Rudolph Prewar Life
Rudolph C. Miller was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother took him to Chicago [Annotator's Note:...
Mestayer, Angus Prewar life
Angus Francis Mestayer is 95 years old. He was born in 1922 in Loreauville [Annotator's Note: Loreauville, Louisiana]....
Boeke, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Boeke was born in August 1925 in Pasadena, California. Pasadena was a great place with nice people. The weather...
St. Amant, Philemon Prewar Life
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant was named after his grandfather, Philemon Hawkins Andrews, a descendant of Sir John...
Kirkpatrick, Otto Prewar Life
Otto Kirkpatrick went to college after he got back from the war. Before the war, he was working for the conservation...
Cleveland, Carleton Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: It is very difficult to understand Carleton Cleveland due to sound issues throughout this clip.]...
Libby, Dolores Prewar Life
Dolores McInnis Libby was born in Buckatunna, Mississippi in May 1926. Her father was a disabled veteran of World War 1...
Leonard, Edward Prewar Life
Edward J. Leonard was born in August 1919. He started working in the stables at age seven. There were horses all over...
Cook, Bane Prewar Life
Bane Cook was born in August 1925 in Illinois. He had an older brother. [Annotator’s Note: Cook talks about his brother...
Beaugh, George Prewar Life
George Beaugh was born in June 1922 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was one of six siblings. His parents were farmers....
Gay, Ralph Prewar Life
Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...
Tanenbaum, Melvin Prewar Life
Melvin S. Tanenbaum was born in 1923 in Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: Queens is one of the five boroughs in New...
Bowie, James Prewar Life
James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...
Quirk, Clint Prewar Life
Clint Quirk was born in December 1923 in Butte, Montana and grew up in Anaconda, Montana. He had one sister. His father...
Chartier, Charles Prewar Life
Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...
Lents, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Lents was born in October 1921 on a farm in South Creston, Iowa where he grew up and worked on a big farm his...
Hastings, Wilford Prewar Life
Wilford E. Hastings was born in Braggadocio, Missouri in July 1923. He grew up in the area. Family life was tough for...
Lutz, William Prewar Life
William Lutz was born in March 1920 and raised in Reading [Annotator’s Note: Reading, Pennsylvania]. He had a good life...
Ruess, Richard Prewar Life
Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...
Groth, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Groth was born in Louisiana in July 1924. He was born and raised on a beef cattle farm in Elton, Louisiana. His...
Wilson, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Wilson was born in December 1925 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has five sisters and one brother. He grew up in...
Sellars, Arnol Prewar life
Arnol Sellars was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1924. He lived in Louisiana, Texas, and overseas but Tulsa is home. He...
Guyote, Walter Prewar Life
Walter John Guyote was born in St. Mary Parish [Annotator’s Note: St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] in July 1925. He had...
Bertz, Richard Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The clip starts with the interviewer mid-sentence explaining how the interview will proceed.]...
McWilliams, Donald Prewar Life
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was born in Ballinger, Texas in May 1925. In the 1920s, his parents owned a ranch. Because...
Claus, Courtland Prewar Life
Cortland Claus was born in May 1925 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. He spent his first 10 years going through grade four...
Williams, Earl Prewar Life
Earl Williams was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in April 1923. He remembers being...
Shirley, John Prewar Life
John Shirley was born in December 1924 in Santa Ana, California. He had two sisters. He was in school during the...
Lawrence, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Lawrence was born Rochelle, Illinois but lived in Ionia, Michigan. He moved to Grand Rapids [Annotator's Note:...

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