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Skardon, Ben Early Civilian and Military Life
Ben Skardon was born in July 1917 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, one of six children. His parents were from New...
Wickersham, Obie Early Civilian and Military Life
Obie Wickersham was born in March 1925 in Oklahoma. One of the legacies of his father's World War 1 service was...
Oreck, David Early Flight Training and Future Worries
David Oreck trained as a civilian pilot for the Lend-Lease Program [Annotator's Note: An Act to Promote the Defense of...
Sykes, Ralph Early Life
Ralph Sykes was born in March 1924 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. As a boy, his family moved to a farm outside of...
Williams, Kenneth Early Life
Kenneth R. Williams was born in Alton, Illinois in March 1922. He was an only child. He grew up in Illinois and Ohio....
Pigott, Terrell Early Life
Terrell Lavern Pigott was born in February 1923 in Picayune, Mississippi. He grew up on a dairy farm there. He worked...
Rockforte, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Rockforte was born in 1922 in what is now Plaquemine, Louisiana. After he was born his father moved the family...
Longhoffer, Garland Early Life
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was known as "Chub" through high school. He was born in Abilene, Kansas, in March 1926. His...
Murphy, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Murphy was born in New York City in 1926. His mother died during the birth and he was raised by guardians in...
Lockhart, Richard Early Life
Richard Lockhart was born in Lima, Ohio in January 1924 and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was an only child. He...
Maltbie, Archie Early LIfe
Archie Maltbie was born in 1923 in Turlock, California. He had an ordinary life growing up in Turlock. He focused on...
Romano, Joseph Early Life
Joseph R. Romano was born in Cleveland, Ohio in November 1923. He had six sisters and three brothers. He was number...
Beverstein, Jack Early Life
Jack T. Beverstein was born in 1925 in South Bend, Indiana. He grew up during the Great Depression, but it had little...
Maynard, Mark Early Life
Mark John Maynard served on USS Sturgeon (SS-187), USS Marlin (SS-204), and USS Cobbler (SS-344) during World War Two....
Rupert, Gerald Early Life
Gerald Rupert was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and grew up about 40 miles south of there [Annotator's Note: in South...
Toledo, Bill Early Life
Bill Toledo was born in northern New Mexico. [Annotator's Note: The video glitches at a few points.] When he was a baby...
Lewis, Burton Early Life
Burton Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1925. He grew up and was educated in Chicago. He received a master'...
Tipper, Edward Early Life
Edward Tipper was a member of a military group that received a tremendous amount of recognition. He was 18 or 19 when...
Benjamin, Adelaide Early Life
Adelaide Benjamin was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1932. She had a comfortable life and enjoyed outdoor activities...
Rorschach, Robert Early Life
Robert L. Rorschach was born in Tulsa [Annotator's Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma] in August 1922. It was a small town at the...
Pantuso, Frank Early Life
Frank Pantuso was born in November 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. He says his mother and father worked hard to support the...
Munch, Melvin Early Life
Melvin Munch was born in 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in the portion of the city that was referred to...
Scholle, Donald Early Life
Donald Joseph Scholle was born in New York City in July 1923. He served in both World War 2 and the Korean War. Before...
Mayes, Robert Early Life
Robert Mayes was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 1923. He graduated from high school in 1941. He maintained...
Underwood, Antoinette Early Life
Antoinette Rinaldi [Annotator’s Note: maiden name] Underwood was born into a large Italian, Catholic family in 1920 in...
Deal, James Early Life
James Deal was born in Woodleaf, North Carolina in November 1922. He was raised on a farm. There were 12 in the family...
Becker, Irving Early Life
Irving Becker was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria and grew up there. He was an only child. His father was a shoe...
Nummer, Richard Early Life
Richard Nummer was born in 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had five brothers and a sister, all of who were raised in...
Olson, David Early Life
David E. Olson was born in 1919 in Alburnett, Iowa. He was of Norwegian ancestry. He was born with a twin brother and...
Schneider, Richard Early Life
Richard "Dick" Schneider was born in Akron, Ohio in March 1923. His family included his parents, one sister, and one...
Befera, Victor Early Life
Victor Befera was born April 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in the small iron mining town near Canada with his...
Del Monte, Jack Early Life
Jack Albert Del Monte was born in May 1921 in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five...
Latiolats, Walter Early Life
Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. was born in January 1927. His home was in the Atchafalaya Basin [Annotator's Note: also...
Houdek, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Houdek was born in Detroit, Michigan in March 1926, the youngest of six children. His father was a tool and die...
Epperson, William Early Life
William Epperson was born in Trinity, Texas in 1923. The population of the city of his birth had not grown over a 50...
Struble, Charles Early Life
Charles Struble was born in June 1924 in Benton, Illinois. He grew up there with one brother and one sister. He also...

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