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Vaughan Whitworth was born in April 1925 in Virginia. He grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina where his parents owned a...
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...
[Annotator's Note: The tape begins with the interviewee describing an attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, by...
John Bellecci was born in September 1923 in Martinez, California. He grew up there and was the student body president...
Robert Erskine Hendrick was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1920. He had one younger sister. His father served 30 years in...
George H. Roxandich was born in August 1925 in Lansford, Pennsylvania and attended Lansford High School. His father was...
Paul Bosworth was born in November 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. [Annotator's Note: Sound cuts in and out.] He was in high...
James Eyre Wainwright was born in May 1925 in Whittier, California with one twin brother and two younger brothers. They...
Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville [Annotator's Note: Hahnville, Louisiana]. He started in the first grade the year...
Marvin A. Roslansky was born in Lakefield, Minnesota in November 1922. His family went through the Great Depression [...
[Annotator's Note: The video starts with a long conversation before the interview actually starts.] Lester Hecht was...
Jack Buckner was born in Florida but when he was one he moved near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...
Alfred "Al" Danegger's father grew up on the Swiss-German border. At the age of 14, Danegger won a prize in photography...
Robert W. "Doby" Gibson was born in Utica, Mississippi in August 1924. He was nicknamed, "Doby", after a professional...
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview.]...
Vernon Brantley was born in Sturgis, Kentucky in September 1924. He moved to South Bend, Indiana with his family...
Monroe Scherer was born in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn, New York] in March 1926. He lived in Manhattan [...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...
Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...
George Hardy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1925. His actual birthdate is 8 June but due to a problem...
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] was born in January 1924 in Annaburg [Annotator's Note:...
Benjamin Clark Amsden was born in his mother's hometown of Springfield, Ohio in October 1922. He was there for three...
Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...
Philip Whitman was born in May 1919 in Zion, Illinois. He lived there until he was 12 when he moved to Wenatchee,...
William Anderson was born in August 1924 in Weldon, Iowa. He grew up on a farm and remembers milking cows before he...
Ittsei Nakagawa was born in January 1930 in Fresno, California. He was fortunate in that the lady who delivered him was...
Marvin Raymond Edwards was born in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs in...
James Oney was born in December 1924 in Harrison County, Texas near Harleton [Annotator's Note: Harleton, Texas]. He...
Clyde Nordstrom was born in June 1928 in Minneapolis [Annotator's Note: Minneapolis, Minnesota]. He had a good time...
Martin Richard was born in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles in June 1924. His father was a cattleman and...
Roswell J. Weil was born in February 1916 in Alexandria, Louisiana. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer tries a...
Thomas D. Thompson was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in August 1925. There were ten children in his family, and he was...
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Edgar De Pue Osgood mid sentence talking about how he went in the service as...
Edmond Guidry was born in 1920 in Westwego, Louisiana. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

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