Prewar life

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Rosenbloom, Myers Prewar Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom’s mother worked by having boarders. His mother was able to buy two houses with the money she...
Curran, Philip Prewar Life
Philip Curran was born in May 1927 on Orrs Island, Maine. He had two brothers and one sister. His father was a mate on...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Prewar Life
Betty Peak was born October 1923 in a small town in Plains, Meade County, Kansas. Her grandfather was an Irish...
Redmond, Leroy Prewar Life
Leroy Redmond was born in June 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. It was a nice town. He was the third son. The Great...
Smith, Samuel Prewar Life
Samuel W. Smith was born in September 1924 in Texas. His father was killed when he was 12 years old. He was the oldest...
Kean, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Kean was born in August 1922 in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York]. He grew up in New York...
Luers, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Luers was born in in Brighton, Iowa in June 1924. He was not delivered in a hospital because that county did not...
Kruse, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...
Woodworth, Newell Prewar Life and Air Force Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Newell Bertram Woodworth was born in June 1923 in...
Jones, Harold Prewar Life and Airborne Training
Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...
Kelley, Archie Prewar Life and Annapolis
Archie Kelley was born in the Naval gun factory in Washington, D.C. [Annotator's Note: Washington Navy Yard in...
Ratliff, Rob Roy Prewar Life and Basic Training
Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...
Waldman, Norman Prewar Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Norman William Waldman was born in December 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a machine gunner in the...
Westbrook, James Prewar Life and Beginning of War
James Roland Westbrook was born in November 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father was studying accounting. They...
Cristiano, Nick Prewar Life and Being of Italian Descent
Nick Cristiano was born in July 1925. He grew up in the Bronx, New York. There were great schools. His father owned a...
Kern, Frank Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...
Bird, Henry Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...
Ronson, Harold Prewar Life and Brothers at War
Harold Ronson was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Poston, Charles Prewar Life and College
Charles Poston was born in October 1921 in Austin, Arkansas but was raised in Many, Louisiana with two younger brothers...
Hammond, Jr., Robert C. Prewar Life and Commission
[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the sound does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....
Floravante, Emile Prewar Life and D-Day
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents with Irish ancestry in April 1924. He joined the...
St. Julian, James Prewar Life and Deployment to the Philippines
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior was born in January 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]....
Moskin, Alan Prewar Life and Diversity
Alan Moskin was born May 1926 in Englewood, New Jersey. He went through school there and was skipped from third to...
Thomas, A.C. Prewar Life and Draft
A.C. Thomas remembers they came out of their pup tent [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two soldiers...
Barnhart, Clyde Prewar Life and Draft
Clyde Barnhart was born in July 1923 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He served in the Army Air Corps [Annotator's Note...
Hayashi, Shizuya Prewar Life and Draft
Shiyuza Hayashi was born near Waialua Sugar Plantation on the west side of the island [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii...
Mayne, Colin Prewar Life and Draft
Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...
Uttero, Cosmo Prewar Life and Drafted
Cosmo Uttero was born in December 1923 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. After high school, he worked as a lathe operator in...
Blouin, Joseph Prewar Life and Drafted
Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...
Kitts, James Prewar Life and Drafted
James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...
Whitworth, Vaughan Prewar Life and Drafted
Vaughan Whitworth was born in April 1925 in Virginia. He grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina where his parents owned a...
Sacks, Abraham Prewar Life and Drafted
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
Burrus, William Prewar Life and Drafted
William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...
Stoops, Robert Prewar Life and Drafted
Robert Stoops was born in May 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved around to several military installations until...
Steeg, Moise Prewar Life and Drafted
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...
Wayne, William Prewar Life and Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The tape begins with the interviewee describing an attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, by...

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