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Zilliacus, Patrick Prewar Finland and Emigration
Patrick Zilliacus was born in May 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. Life growing up was fantastic. His parents divorced when...
Kiplinger, Austin Prewar Germany to Squadron Assignment
Austin H. Kiplinger took trips to Germany in 1932 and 1938. Allusions to the war effort were everywhere. In 1938, he...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Prewar Hobo Life
Charles Childs was born in July 1920 in Arnegard, North Dakota. He did not stay home. He went to school and when he got...
Warne, Therese Prewar in the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] associated...
Tarkington, Frank Prewar Jobs and Prewar Navy Life
Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...
Cascio, Roy Prewar Life
Roy Cascio was born in December 1925 in Harvey, Louisiana. His father would find a job somewhere to keep working and...
Snyder, Kenneth Prewar Life
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. was born in March 1920 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of eight children and was...
Upham, Peggy Prewar Life
Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...
Gooch, James Prewar Life
James Gooch was born in Gilmer, Texas in May 1939. He clearly recalls sitting with the family in front of their large...
Tarkington, Frank Prewar Life
Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...
Ladner, Nimocks Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Nimocks Foyle Ladner already in conversation with the interviewer.] Ladner...
Stewart, Frank Prewar Life
Frank B. Stewart, Jr. was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in September 1935. He is a...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Prewar Life
Charles Wesley Borders was born in April 1922 in Kenedy, Texas. He was the third child of six. His father was a school...
Daniels, Don Prewar Life
Don Daniels was born in Columbia, South Carolina in December 1925. He lived there until he was 14. He then moved to...
Reilly, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Dean Reilly was born in May 1921 in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was the oldest child. He had a younger brother....
Nolan, Warren Prewar Life
Warren Nolan was born in November 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: he later corrects this to Algiers,...
Rickel, Robert Prewar Life
Robert "Bob" Rickel was born in Toledo, Ohio in July 1923. Rickel's father came to the United States from Poland....
Machaud, Albert Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud was born in November 1928...
Saylor, Herbert Prewar Life
Herbert Saylor was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in September 1925. He was brought up during the Depression [Annotator'...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Prewar Life
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was born in Detroit, Michigan in June 1922. He grew up there. He had two brothers and two sisters...
Reitmeier, George Prewar Life
George Reitmeier was born in June 1925 in Lackawanna, New York. He grew up in a German and Polish neighborhood with a...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Prewar Life
Alfons Robert Kleindienst was born in Washington, D.C in March 1930. His father, Alfons Georg Kleindienst [Annotator's...
Lansou, David Prewar Life
David Lansou served in World War 2 in the signal company, headquarters battalion, 5th Marine Division. He was born in...
Meyer, Henry Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: Henry T. Meyer uses derogatory words to describe people of color throughout clip.] Meyer was born in...
Levy, Stanley Prewar Life
Stanley "Stan" Levy was born in July 1924 on the south side of Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. His...
Yeagley, Richard Prewar Life
Richard Yeagely was born in November 1925 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He had one brother who was in the Navy. His mother...
Bass, Leon Prewar Life
Leon Bass was born in January 1925 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...
Drucker, Lillian Prewar Life
Lillian Drucker was born in July 1925 in Biloxi, Mississippi. She grew up there, attended school, and got married. Her...
Bucher, Francis Prewar Life
Francis Bucher was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His was a friendly neighborhood where everybody knew...
Andriano, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Andriano was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in February 1926....
Petrus, Andrew Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person appears in the background throughout this segment.] Andrew Petrus was born in Bridgeville,...
Fili, William Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins in a room with airplane model and other memorabilia around. It sounds as if...
Spint, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Spint was born in February 1925 in Billings, Montana and lived there until he was in the sixth grade. He had...
Stern, Debra Prewar Life
Debra Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York] in...
Lynch, James Prewar Life
James Paul Lynch served on the USS Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)] and the USS Sea Dog [Annotator's Note:...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Prewar Life
Archibald Boyd Rackerby was born in July 1920 in Washington, D.C. because his mother and her family were Washingtonians...
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