Reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Francis, Norman Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Dr. Norman Francis was born in March 1931 in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was a poor country town just coming out of the...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor Attack
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto was born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1919. Her mother was 19 and her father was a widower with two...
Winnier, Lawrence Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor Bombing
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Lawrence Winnier in conversation with the interviewer.] Lawrence Winnier was...
Riggs, Clarence Prewar Life to Pilot
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...
Asbury, Richard Prewar Life to Pilot Training
Richard Asbury was born in Maryland [Annotator's Note: Prince Frederick, Maryland in September 1920] and had a good...
Dearman, Alfred Prewar Life to Postwar Enlistment
Alfred Dearman was born in June 1930 in Abilene, Texas. He was an orphan who was adopted at three days old by an older...
Winslow, Lawson Prewar Life to Postwar Navy Life
Lawson T. Winslow, Junior was born February 1926 in Hardin, Montana in Little Bighorn County, where Custer [Annotator's...
Marshall, James Prewar Life to Radioman
James "Jim" Marshall was born in August 1923 in Reading, Kansas. He grew up on a farm with his six siblings. His family...
Albright, William Prewar Life to Reported as Missing In Action
William Albright's father was a mailman. Albright was born in May 1923 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1960, he worked...
McCarthy, George Prewar Life to Reuniting with Fellow Prisoners
George W. McCarthy was a senior in high school and with friends when he found out about the Pearl Harbor attack [...
Light, Carl Prewar Life to Rifleman
Carl Light was born in a small town in southern Missouri and was inducted at Fort Leonard Wood [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Levee, Harris Prewar Life to Secret Life
Harris H. Levee was born in August 1919 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of...
Currier, William Prewar Life to Service
William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....
Alter, Joseph Prewar Life to the Army
Joseph Alter was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in May 1923. His father kept his job as a...
Dillon, Gerard Prewar Life to the Draft
Gerard Dillon was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in January 1920. His mother was a...
Yackel, Eugene Prewar Life to the Draft
Eugene Yackel was born in March 1925 in Sanborn, Minnesota. He was raised on a farm. He spent the first ten or 12 years...
Stiles, John Prewar Life to the Marine Corps
John Stiles was born in September 1924 in Wadestown, West Virginia. He grew up there. He was the second of seven...
Stevens, Kenneth Prewar Life to the Marines
Kenneth E. Stevens was born in July 1924 in Todd County [Annotator's Note: in Long Prairie, Minnesota]. He attended...
Connelly, James Prewar Life to the Navy
James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...
Sturman, William Prewar Life to the Navy
William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...
Harvey, David Prewar Life to the Pacific
David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...
Tatum, John Prewar Life to the Pacific
John Wesley Tatum was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in North Carolina at a pole mill in Leland...
Buckley, James Prewar Life to the USS LST-1013
James Buckley was born in March 1923 in Sharon, Connecticut. He attended school in his house until high school. He went...
Cummings, Mary Prewar Life to the WAVES
Mary Cummings was born in Dunkirk, New York in April 1921. It was the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...
Daniel, Lora Prewar Life to Union Carbide
Lora E. Daniel was born August 1917 in Florence, Alabama. She was the youngest of five children. They farmed and she...
Trahan, Horace Prewar Life to US Navy
Horace Trahan was born in January 1927 in Maurice, Louisiana. He had one brother and two sisters. His father owned a...
Carruth, John Prewar Life to VE-Day
John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...
Tennant, Harry Prewar Life to War's End
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was born in...
Rippin, Elsie Prewar Life to WAVES
Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...
Stephensen, Margaret Prewar Life to WAVES
Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...
Foster, Myrtle Prewar Life to WAVES
Mrs. P.A. "Tippy" Foster was born in December 1920 in Kaufman, Texas. She grew up in East Texas as one of seven...
Brewster, Oliver Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Deployment to Europe
Oliver Brewster was born in 1926 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He had three sisters. His father was a sharecropper, and...
Poye, Matthew Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Training
Matthew Poye was born in January 1928 in White Valley, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers and four sisters. His family...
Gorman, Ted Prewar Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Broussard, Lee Prewar Life, Enlistment and Military Service Stateside
Lee R. Broussard was born in December 1925 in Loreauville, Louisiana. His father was a construction worker and then...
Campbell, Donald Prewar Life, Enlistment and Training
Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...

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