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Wackerman, Clark Prewar and Military Training
Clark Wackerman was born in March 1926 in Brighton, New York, the oldest of three children. His father worked as a...
McGovern, Robert Prewar and Occupation Duty in the Pacific
Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...
Lucas, Jack Prewar and Pearl Harbor
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts mid-conversation. Jacklyn Lucas is saying that he had skin taken from his butt and...
Shaner, Robert Prewar Education to the Marines
Robert D. Shaner's mom was German and was upset with the Germans after the First World War and her German relatives who...
Ladner, Nimocks Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Nimocks Foyle Ladner already in conversation with the interviewer.] Ladner...
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...
Levy, Stanley Prewar Life
Stanley "Stan" Levy was born in July 1924 on the south side of Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. His...
Hitchcock, Peggy Prewar Life
Peggy Hitchcock was born in June 1933. Her parents were happy. She enjoyed school. They would walk across the beach....
Donovan, Robert Prewar Life
Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist....
Kagan, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Kagan was born in July 1922 in Hartford, Connecticut. He had one brother and two sisters. He was the youngest....
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....
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...
Roed, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Roed was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. He had an older brother, who was also in the service, and a younger...
Fisher, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Fisher was born in January 1925 in Marshall, Texas. He had one brother who was two years older. He went through...
Brown, Charles Prewar Life
Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...
Goodwin, Kenneth Prewar Life
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was born in August 1926 in South Berwick, Maine. He is the youngest of seven children. He was...
Colburn, George Prewar Life
George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...
Heim, Henry Prewar Life
Henry Heim was born in April 1921 in Trevorton, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and two sisters. He was the oldest...
Sullivan, George Prewar Life
George Joseph Sullivan goes by "Joe Sullivan" because he has great relatives who were named Joe Sullivan, all the way...
Trauner, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Trauner was born in 1925 in Boonton, New Jersey. His father had a bakery there. In 1929, his father sold the...
Young, James Prewar Life
James Franklin Young was born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1921. He grew up with one older brother. His mother and father...
Corson, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene Corson was born in March 1922 in Stanford, Connecticut. In 1936, his father got a job working on submarines in...
Sapp, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Sapp was born in Jacksonville, Florida in January 1926. His mother was visiting her parents on vacation when he...
Carlson, Donald Prewar Life
Donald Albert Carlson was born in June 1924. [Annotator's Note: Carlson stops to see if he can hear the interviewer...
Boyles, Edward Prewar Life
Edward E. Boyles was born in November 1918 in Aberdeen, Idaho. Shortly after the end of World War 1, Boyles' father...
Libby, Dolores Prewar Life
Dolores McInnis Libby was born in Buckatunna, Mississippi in May 1926. Her father was a disabled veteran of World War 1...
Wiswell, George Prewar Life
George Wiswell was born in July 1926 in Arlington, Massachusetts. He grew up in Winchester [Annotator's Note:...
Doroff, Lorraine Prewar Life
Lorraine Doroff was born in December 1918 on a family farm near Long Prairie, Minnesota in a log cabin. She liked...
Du Pre, Peter Prewar Life
Peter Du Pre was born in May 1923. He has three brothers and one sister. He was the oldest boy. His father was in the...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was born in May 1923 in...
Johnson, Kaare Prewar Life
Kaare Allan Johnson was born in May 1924 in Staten Island, New York [Annotator's Note: Staten Island is one of the five...
Hayes, Raymond Prewar Life
Raymond Vincent Hayes was born in Providence, Rhode Island in July 1926. He had three brothers but his sister died in...
Hall, Clayton Prewar Life
Clayton Hall was born in Harvey County on a farm near Newton [Annotator's Note: Newton, Kansas]. His father was in...
Cook, Edward Prewar Life
Edward J. Cook was born in July 1925 in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Prewar Life
Lloyd Rogers was born in Patterson, Louisiana in May 1914. He is 90 years old [Annotator’s Note: at the time of the...

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