Reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Lenhard, Phyllis "Phyllis Gill" Early Life
Phyllis Lenhard was born in August 1919 in Lorain, Ohio. Her only brother was a goalie on the Red Wings [Annotator's...
Hammond, Robert Early Life
Robert Hammond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1926. His father was a postal worker and his mother a...
Sanders, Jack Early Life
Jack C. Sanders was born in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When he had to leave his hometown because of his work or service...
Montgomery, Dabney Early LIfe
Dabney N. Montgomery was born in Selma, Alabama on 18 April 1923. He grew up with five of his siblings from his father’...
Carver, Jack Early Life
Jack K. Carver was born in June 1920 in Manhattan, New York City. On Sunday, 7 December [Annotator's Note: 7 December...
Malta, Samuel Early Life
Samuel Malta was born in March 1925 at Revere, Massachusetts near Boston. He learned to swim early since it was a...
Poliseno, Dominick Early Life
Dominick Frank Poliseno was born in 1918 in Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: Sharpsville, Pennsylvania]. His father was...
Ruck, Elmore Early Life
Elmore Fredrick Ruck was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1922. His father worked as a public service...
Fitzgerald, Ray Early Life
Ray Fitzgerald was born in March 1922 in Union County in North Mississippi. He grew up there in a rural home. The draft...
Maddox, Claire Early Life
Claire Maddox was born in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924 [Annotator's Note: April 1924]. He had two older brothers. It was a...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Early Life
Robert Louis Curl was born in 1925 in Warrior, Alabama. He had two brothers and one sister. All his siblings were older...
Drake, Joseph Early Life
Joseph J. Drake was born in October 1924 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and one sister. His father lost...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Early Life
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was born in Gary, Indiana in January 1925. He graduated from high school in Gary. Times during...
Guderian, Emmett Early Life
Emmett Charles Guderian Jr., was born in December 1926 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He...
Frisco, Paul Early Life
Paul J. Frisco was born in May 1925 in Newark, New Jersey. He lived there until he was 15 years old and then moved to...
Celaya, Adolfo Early Life
Adolfo V. Celaya was born in Florence, Arizona in May 1927. He had one brother and two sisters. Celaya was the oldest...
Siebert, Julian Early Life
Julian Siebert was born in Westmoreland, Kansas in 1923. Growing up during the 1930s, he saw that everyone was hard up...
Currier, Al Early Life
Al Currier was born in what is now Eastpointe, Michigan in October 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [...
Knudson, Robert Early Life
Robert Knudson was born in January 1925 in Mason City, Iowa. His father was a successful greenhouse owner, and even...
Bale, Edward Early Life
Edward Bale was born in Dallas, Texas in 1920. He was the only child. His father was in the automobile tire business....
Wheeler, Berle Early Life
Berle Wheeler was a veteran of the China-Burma-India Theater as a member of the 967th Engineers [Annotator's Note:...
Gillis, Jack Early Life
Jack A. Gillis was born in February 1923 in Mound City, Missouri. He had no brothers or sisters. At age two, Gillis...
Theis, Kenneth Early Life
Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...
McConn, John "Jack" Early Life
John McConn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1923. Raised during the Great Depression, McConn's father was an accountant...
Ledesma, Trinidad Early Life
Trinidad Ledesma was born in November 1924 in Downey, California. His parents did not speak English. They only spoke...
Moss, Roy Early Life
Roy Joseph Moss was born in March 1922 in West Point, Utah. His grandparents had crossed the plains in 1847 and settled...
Memory, Frank Early Life
Frank George Memory was born in Slaterville, Utah in July 1923. He had one brother and a sister and was the middle...
Cohn, Major Early Life
Major L. Cohn was born in Manhattan, New York in October 1927. He grew up in Brooklyn during the difficult times of the...
Bertino, Donald Early Life
Donald W. Bertino was born in September 1924 in a coal mining town in Pennsylvania. The coal company was named after...
Hammer, Richard Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. and the interviewer informally chat for a few minutes prior to the start...
Milkis, Abe Early Life
Abe Milkis was born in 15 January 1924 in Philadelphia. He had one brother and one sister. His brother, Harry, was a...
Maki, Howard Early Life
Howard T. Maki was born in May 1925 and grew up in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. His parents were from Finland. Maki...
Jackson, Wilbur Early Life
Wilbur Lee Jackson was born in Temple, Texas in December 1919. Life was great for him prior to the war. He played golf...
Frongello, Arthur Early Life
Arthur J. Frongello was born in July 1925 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He grew up in a poor family, but felt rich...
Peterson, Carl Early Life
Carl Peterson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma. He had three brothers and a sister and when his mother remarried he got...
Moret, Calvin Early Life
Calvin Moret was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 August 1925. His parents, Adolph, Sr. and Georgette had five boys...

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