World War I

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Constant, Nelson Prewar Life
Nelson Constant was born in December 1914 in Bayou Buff, Louisiana. He remembers a soldier that came back from World...
Nygren, Karl Prewar Life
Carl Nygren was born in March 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was a colony town. They had a radio. There were...
Byrnes, William Prewar Life
William E. Byrnes was born in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] in January 1926. His family moved around a...
Salter, Cary Prewar Life
Cary Salter was born in December 1921 near Macon, Mississippi. His father was a country doctor. They lived seven miles...
Prince, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Prince was born in Seattle, Washington in November 1919. He was the second of four boys. All of them served in...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Prewar Life
Betty Peak was born October 1923 in a small town in Plains, Meade County, Kansas. Her grandfather was an Irish...
Smith, Samuel Prewar Life
Samuel W. Smith was born in September 1924 in Texas. His father was killed when he was 12 years old. He was the oldest...
Kitts, James Prewar Life and Drafted
James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...
Stoops, Robert Prewar Life and Drafted
Robert Stoops was born in May 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved around to several military installations until...
Hendrick, Robert Prewar Life and Education
Robert Erskine Hendrick was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1920. He had one younger sister. His father served 30 years in...
Buckner, Jack Prewar Life and Enlistment
Jack Buckner was born in Florida but when he was one he moved near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...
Scherer, Monroe Prewar Life and Extended Family
Monroe Scherer was born in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn, New York] in March 1926. He lived in Manhattan [...
Hardy, George Prewar Life and His Brother's Service
George Hardy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1925. His actual birthdate is 8 June but due to a problem...
König, Karl Prewar Life and Hitler Youth
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] was born in January 1924 in Annaburg [Annotator's Note:...
Samrow, Joseph Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow was born and grew up in Slidell, Louisiana in 1926. He had five brothers and a sister, he was...
Edwards, Marvin Prewar Life and Newspapers
Marvin Raymond Edwards was born in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs in...
Dyson, Freeman Prewar Life and Political Views
Freeman Dyson discusses his views concerning the start of World War 2 on the Western Front in May 1940. He hated...
Shaner, Robert Prewar Life and Responsibility
Robert D. Shaner was born in February of 1924 in Porterville, California and grew up during the Depression [Annotator's...
Haslauer, Warren Prewar Life and the Japanese
It is important to study and learn about World War 2 as well as World War 1 [Annotator's Note: global war originating...
MacCallum, Florence Prewar Life and Wartime England
Florence MacCallum was born in November 1920 in London, England. She grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Purvis, Frank Prewar Life as an Attorney
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis graduated from Louisiana State University with a law degree in 1935]. Purvis was only...
Deiglmayr, Erna Prewar Life in Belgium
Erna Louise Deiglmayr was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She had a close family. Her mother was one of many children. She...
Luce, Dwain Prewar Life to Army Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation regarding how the interview is going to be accomplished.]...
McGee, George Prewar Life to Basic Training
George Wesley McGee was born in April 1925 in Bridgeport, Nebraska. When McGee was nine years old the family moved to...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Prewar Life to Basic Training
L. Vinson Freeman, Jr., in his Army records it is Leslie V. Freeman, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in June 1923. He...
McDonald, Robert Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Robert W. McDonald was born in Carlinville, Illinois in January 1924. His father was born when Abraham Lincoln [...
Bache-Wiig, John Prewar Life to Boot Camp
John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s name is hyphenated because he is Norwegian. Somebody had married and had two children and both...
Spinato, Angelo Prewar Life to Boxer in College
Angelo Joseph Spinato was born in August 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He never left...
Wieland, Kenneth Prewar Life to Drafted
Kenneth Wieland was born in Fisher, Minnesota September 1926. He grew up there. [Annotator's Note: Someone enters the...
Dietrick, Alfred Prewar Life to Enlistment
Alfred Dietrick was born in December 1921 in San Antonio, Texas. His life was happy. His father was a carpenter when he...
Morgan, Dorothy "Dorothy Wuestner" Prewar Life to Enlistment
Dorothy Wuestner Morgan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1922. It was very rural there at that time...
Simons, F.M. Prewar Life to Enlistment
F.M. Richard Simons was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania in December 1925. He lived there his whole life. He attended...
Kirk, James Prewar Life to Enlistment
James Read Kirk was born in September 1924 in Watseka, Illinois. His parents moved to the Detroit area [Annotator's...
Weber, Ed Prewar Life to Entering the Service
Ed Weber was born in March 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He had one older brother. He moved to Dallas, Texas when he...
Inge, Herndon Prewar Life to Europe
Herndon Inge, Junior was born in Chickasaw, Alabama. His father had worked there in the shipyards in World War 1. Inge...
Sibley, Allen Prewar Life to Guam
Allen Ray Sibley was born in November 1925 in Livingston Parish [Annotator's Note: Livingston Parish, Louisiana]. He...

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