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Townsend, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...
Ehlers, Helen Prewar Life
Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a...
Guidry, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Guidry was born in Rayne, Louisiana in August 1925. When he was 15 years old, he moved to New Orleans [...
Spaulding, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Spaulding was born in August 1925 in Oxnard, California. Back then, some women, including his mother were sent...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Prewar Life
Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Prewar Life
Wallace Edward Spencer, originally Wallace Smigirow, was born in Woodside, New York in October 1925. He has one older...
Albertson, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Albertson was born in 1923 in Millville [Annotator's Note: Millville, Pennsylvania]. The children were nice....
Bourg, Alton Prewar Life
Alton Bourg was born in November 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of nine children. His father was a...
Abate, Sam Prewar Life
Sam V. Abate was born in Saint Rose, Louisiana in November 1920. He lived there for the rest of his life after he came...
Briggs, Norman Prewar Life
Norman Alden Briggs was born in November 1925 in Jennings [Annotator's Note: Jennings, Louisiana]. He had three...
Stricklan, Mary Prewar Life
Mary R. Stricklan was born in May 1919 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: Gordon County, Georgia]. Growing up there was...
Cardenas, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Cardenas was born in April 1919 in San Antonio, Texas. His father had a good job in the civil service. He was not...
Fisher, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Fisher was born in January 1925 in Marshall, Texas. He had one brother who was two years older. He went through...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Prewar Life
Neil Cox was born in Florala, Alabama in September 1925. He had two brothers and one sister. They lived on a farm. They...
Brown, Charles Prewar Life
Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...
Goodwin, Kenneth Prewar Life
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was born in August 1926 in South Berwick, Maine. He is the youngest of seven children. He was...
Van Matre, Russell Prewar Life
Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...
Russo, Alvin Prewar Life
Alvin Russo was born in December 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child. His father was a pharmacist. His...
Trotter, Bernice Prewar Life
Bernice Trotter was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1924. She was in the fourth grade when they moved to Tulsa [...
Koenig, Elmer Prewar Life
Elmer Koenig was born in July 1925 in Santa Ana, California. His older sister died in 1918. He grew up in Orange [...
Massey, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Massey was born in September 1925 in Argo, Alabama. He had five brothers and he was the youngest. There were...
Colburn, George Prewar Life
George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...
Sullivan, George Prewar Life
George Joseph Sullivan goes by "Joe Sullivan" because he has great relatives who were named Joe Sullivan, all the way...
Meikrantz, Frances Prewar life
Frances Meikrantz was born in 1921 in Worcester, Massachusettes. It was a nice town. She grew up during the Depression...
Shenkle, George Prewar Life
George Shenkle was born in New Jersey in 1921. His father was a clerk to the superintendent of a steel company. His...
Samuelson, Daniel Prewar Life
Daniel Samuelson was born in January 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had a brother and a sister. His father was a...
Fishman, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...
Jensen, Mervin Prewar life
Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...
Hayward, David Prewar Life
David K. Hayward was born in May 1922 in San Francisco, California. When he was three, he moved to Pasadena, California...
Trauner, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Trauner was born in 1925 in Boonton, New Jersey. His father had a bakery there. In 1929, his father sold the...
Sledge, Nevin Prewar Life
Nevin Sledge was born in Alva, Mississippi in February 1921. His father was a farmer. They moved to the Mississippi...
Young, James Prewar Life
James Franklin Young was born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1921. He grew up with one older brother. His mother and father...
Dyer, Jimmie Prewar Life
Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...
Corson, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene Corson was born in March 1922 in Stanford, Connecticut. In 1936, his father got a job working on submarines in...
Atwood, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Atwood was born Lebanon, Kansas in February 1922. He grew up on a farm. He had to milk cows before and after...
Synder, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Daniel Snyder was born in October 1925 in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He was an only child. [Annotator's Note: The...

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