Prewar life

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Bellecci, John Prewar Life and Early Military Training
John Bellecci was born in September 1923 in Martinez, California. He grew up there and was the student body president...
Hendrick, Robert Prewar Life and Education
Robert Erskine Hendrick was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1920. He had one younger sister. His father served 30 years in...
Roxandich, George Prewar Life and Education
George H. Roxandich was born in August 1925 in Lansford, Pennsylvania and attended Lansford High School. His father was...
Reed, Robert Prewar Life and Enlisting
Robert Frederick Reed was born in January 1921 on a farm near Rochester, Indiana where he lived for his first 18 years...
Elliott, Norman Prewar Life and Enlisting
Norman Elliott was born in November 1926 and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He had an older brother. Their...
Grimes, James Prewar Life and Enlisting in the Navy
James William Grimes was born in November 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. Everything was okay during the 1920s, but the 1930s...
Bosworth, Paul Prewar Life and Enlistment
Paul Bosworth was born in November 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. [Annotator's Note: Sound cuts in and out.] He was in high...
Wainwright, James Prewar Life and Enlistment
James Eyre Wainwright was born in May 1925 in Whittier, California with one twin brother and two younger brothers. They...
Rhoads, Benjamin "Dusty" Prewar Life and Enlistment
Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads was born in Clovis, New Mexico in March 1922 and moved to Farmington, New Mexico shortly after...
Keller, Richard Prewar Life and Enlistment
Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville [Annotator's Note: Hahnville, Louisiana]. He started in the first grade the year...
Roslensky, Marvin Prewar Life and Enlistment
Marvin A. Roslansky was born in Lakefield, Minnesota in November 1922. His family went through the Great Depression [...
Hecht, Lester Prewar Life and Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: The video starts with a long conversation before the interview actually starts.] Lester Hecht was...
Buckner, Jack Prewar Life and Enlistment
Jack Buckner was born in Florida but when he was one he moved near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...
Hutcherson, Kenneth Prewar Life and Enlistment
Albion Kenneth Hutcherson was born in Pennsylvania County, Virginia in September 1923. His family moved a lot. His...
Rieman, Carl Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
Carl Rieman was born in Washington D.C., the only boy of the three children in the family. He lived in the suburbs of...
Conklin, Earl Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...
Morehead, James B. Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
James Morehead was born in August 1916 in Peoli, Oklahoma, the youngest of four children in a family that worked a farm...
Driscoll, Edward Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
Edward Driscoll was born in January 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sixth of 13 children. His father was a city...
Danegger, Alfred Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Alfred "Al" Danegger's father grew up on the Swiss-German border. At the age of 14, Danegger won a prize in photography...
Cole, John Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
John H. Cole was born in January 1922 in Greene County, Arkansas, in a little community named Epsby [Annotator's Note:...
Damonte, Emmanuel Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Emmanuel Nazarro Damonte [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling on middle name] was born in San Francisco [Annotator's...
Gibson, Robert "Doby" Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Robert W. "Doby" Gibson was born in Utica, Mississippi in August 1924. He was nicknamed, "Doby", after a professional...
Scoppa, Carmen Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview.]...
Brantley, Vernon Prewar Life and Entry into the Military
Vernon Brantley was born in Sturgis, Kentucky in September 1924. He moved to South Bend, Indiana with his family...
Scherer, Monroe Prewar Life and Extended Family
Monroe Scherer was born in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn, New York] in March 1926. He lived in Manhattan [...
Cohn, Marthe Prewar Life and Fleeing Metz
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...
Halberg, Norma Prewar Life and Flight School
Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...
Hardy, George Prewar Life and His Brother's Service
George Hardy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1925. His actual birthdate is 8 June but due to a problem...
König, Karl Prewar Life and Hitler Youth
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] was born in January 1924 in Annaburg [Annotator's Note:...
Cupina, John Prewar Life and into the Army
John J. Cupina was born in 1926 in Binghamton, New York. His parents worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in...
Amsden, Ben Prewar Life and Jimmy Doolittle
Benjamin Clark Amsden was born in his mother's hometown of Springfield, Ohio in October 1922. He was there for three...
Bridger, Harley Prewar Life and Joining the Air Corps
Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...
Whitman, Philip Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
Philip Whitman was born in May 1919 in Zion, Illinois. He lived there until he was 12 when he moved to Wenatchee,...
Samrow, Joseph Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow was born and grew up in Slidell, Louisiana in 1926. He had five brothers and a sister, he was...
Anderson, William Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
William Anderson was born in August 1924 in Weldon, Iowa. He grew up on a farm and remembers milking cows before he...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Prewar Life and Meeting His Wife
Ittsei Nakagawa was born in January 1930 in Fresno, California. He was fortunate in that the lady who delivered him was...

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