Prewar life

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McGlaun, DeQuindre Prewar Life
DeQuindre McGlaun was born on a farm in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. He was the youngest of 12 children. They lived...
Riedl, Edward Prewar Life
Edward Riedl was born in November 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] and grew up there. He...
Wiswell, George Prewar Life
George Wiswell was born in July 1926 in Arlington, Massachusetts. He grew up in Winchester [Annotator's Note:...
Doroff, Lorraine Prewar Life
Lorraine Doroff was born in December 1918 on a family farm near Long Prairie, Minnesota in a log cabin. She liked...
Combs, Charlotte Prewar Life
Charlotte Combs was born in April 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She had two little...
Patterson, James Prewar Life
James Patterson was born in 1921 in Portland, Tennessee. He has one brother and one sister. He is the oldest child. His...
Nicholson, Elmer Prewar Life
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. was born in September 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had three sisters and one brother. His...
Balfour, Fred Prewar life
Fred Arthur Balfour was born in August 1923, in Glens Falls, New York. He lived there until he was 12 years old. When...
Horn, Arnold Prewar Life
Arnold Horn was born in July 1919 in Luling, Louisiana. He is one of seven boys. Five of them served in World War Two...
Murphy, Alfred Prewar Life
Alfred Pierse Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland in May 1922. He celebrated his third birthday on the boat taking him...
Ericson, John Prewar Life
John Ericson was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Stumpfa, James Prewar life
Jim Stumpfa is 94 years old [Annotator's Note: at the time of this interview]. He was in the US Coast Guard for four...
Carter, Alex Prewar Life
Alex Carter Sr. was born in December 1920 in Mississippi. He had three brothers and six sisters. He was the oldest...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Prewar Life
Z. Anthony Kruszewski discusses the history of the Polish language. His mother was evacuated to Ukraine during the...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was born in May 1923 in...
Elduff, James Prewar Life
James Elduff was born in July 1920 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...
Burch, Ralph Prewar Life
Ralph Burch was born in August 1923 in Port Arthur [Annotator’s Note: Port Arthur, Texas]. He lived close to the canals...
Barton, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Henry Barton was born on in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. He lived in Chicago until being called to active...
Van Pelt, Fredi Prewar Life
Fredi Van Pelt was born in July 1923 in Alameda, California. She has two sisters. Van Pelt was the baby in the family....
Topel, Fred Prewar Life
Fred Topel was born in May 1922 in Minneapolis [Annotator's Note: Minneapolis, Minnesota] but grew up in Golden Valley...
Bost, Ben Prewar Life
Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...
Siverts, Hans Prewar Life
Hans Siverts was born in March 1918 in Marshall, North Dakota and lived on a ranch until he was five. He had six...
Campbell, John Prewar Life
John Scott Campbell was born in August 1926 in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved from there to Texas. His father was in the...
Peiffer, Warren Prewar Life
Warren Peiffer was born in 1926 in Bethel, Pennsylvania. His father died when he was seven years old. He has one sister...
Livingston, Robert Prewar Life
Robert "Bob" Livingston was born in March 1923 in Far Rockaway, New York during a blizzard. He was not a good student...
Evensen, Janice Prewar Life
Janice Evenson was born in August 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. They had to walk a mile and a half to a country...
Lehker, Roland Prewar Life
Roland Lehker was born in December 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. He enjoyed his childhood, being in the middle class. He...
Stewart, William Prewar Life
William Stewart is 88 years old. He was born in April 1929 in Glendale, California. He has one brother. His father...
Johnson, Kaare Prewar Life
Kaare Allan Johnson was born in May 1924 in Staten Island, New York [Annotator's Note: Staten Island is one of the five...
Hayes, Raymond Prewar Life
Raymond Vincent Hayes was born in Providence, Rhode Island in July 1926. He had three brothers but his sister died in...
Burr, John Prewar Life
John Burr was born in Massachusetts in 1919. His family was in banking and brokerage. He lived in nice circumstances....
Ananian, Stephen Prewar Life
Stephen Ananian was born in December 1922 in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...
Bath, Garland Prewar Life
Garland Bath was born in January 1925 in Evans County, Georgia in a log cabin. He attended school there. He got his...
Zunno, Frank Prewar Life
Frank Zunno was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923. He lived with his parents and one younger sister. During the Great...
Heinly, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Harvey Heinly was born in February 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remembers using ink wells in school. The...
Urice, Joe Prewar Life
Joel Urice was born in Oklahoma in March 1924. He grew up in a small town. Everything moved slower back then. Urice’s...

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