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Barnhart, Clyde Prewar Life and Draft
Clyde Barnhart was born in July 1923 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He served in the Army Air Corps [Annotator's Note...
Mayne, Colin Prewar Life and Draft
Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...
Steeg, Moise Prewar Life and Drafted
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...
Bosworth, Paul Prewar Life and Enlistment
Paul Bosworth was born in November 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. [Annotator's Note: Sound cuts in and out.] He was in high...
Wainwright, James Prewar Life and Enlistment
James Eyre Wainwright was born in May 1925 in Whittier, California with one twin brother and two younger brothers. They...
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...
Hutcherson, Kenneth Prewar Life and Enlistment
Albion Kenneth Hutcherson was born in Pennsylvania County, Virginia in September 1923. His family moved a lot. His...
Morehead, James B. Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
James Morehead was born in August 1916 in Peoli, Oklahoma, the youngest of four children in a family that worked a farm...
Bridger, Harley Prewar Life and Joining the Air Corps
Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...
Whitman, Philip Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
Philip Whitman was born in May 1919 in Zion, Illinois. He lived there until he was 12 when he moved to Wenatchee,...
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...
Richard, Martin Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Martin Richard was born in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles in June 1924. His father was a cattleman and...
Russell, Richard Prewar Life and Postwar Career
Richard T. Russell, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1922. His father was a civil service employee....
Burnside, Frank Prewar Life and Wartime in India
Frank R. Burnside was born in February 1915 in Tensas Parish in Newellton, Louisiana, on Franklin Plantation, where he...
Levitt, Sydney Prewar Life to Airborne Training
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Myers, Homer Prewar Life to Army
Homer Myers was born in Union Grove, North Carolina in October 1924. His parents worked hard on a little farm. He got...
Rosenberg, George Prewar Life to Army Air Corps
George Henry Rosenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. His father was able to retain a job in the railroad...
Haack, Frederick Prewar Life to Army Pilot
Frederick Haack was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York in 1920] and grew up in Wyoming where...
Grugett, George Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet
George Grugett was born in McConnell, Tennessee which no longer exists. His father worked for the railroad. He moved...
Geary, Joseph Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet
Joseph Geary was born in Dallas, Texas in February 1924. He was an only child and was pampered by his parents. His...
McCowen, William Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet Program
William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...
Gemperline, Eugene Prewar Life to Basic Training
Eugene J. Gemperline was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: A telephone rings in the background...
Elliott, Calvin Prewar Life to Basic Training
Calvin Elliott was born in February 1918 in Whitesville, Delaware. He grew up in Maryland after moving there when he...
Bernardi, Joseph Prewar Life to Basic Training
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior was born in March 1923 in the Bronx [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...
Loring, Bud Prewar Life to Being Commissioned
Bud Loring was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. His father was an automotive, boat, and heavy construction mechanic....
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 [...
Hillard, Frank Prewar Life to Bombsight Training
Frank Hilliard was born in May 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was always an aircraft enthusiast and took his first...
Bachmann, George Prewar Life to Deployment
George W. Bachmann, Junior was born in 1925 in Akron, Ohio and was raised there with one brother and two sisters. His...
Nesossis, Richard Prewar Life to Deployment
Richard Lamey Nesossis was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1922. His father died two years after Nesossis' birth. Nesossis'...
Gierka, Eugene Prewar Life to Drafted
Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...
Keller, Jack Prewar Life to England
Jack Keller was born in June 1924 in Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio]. His parents and brother were...
Bueker, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert Bueker was born in July 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He finished high school in 1942. [Annotator's Note: The...
Nacey, Ed Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: The audio for this interview is very low.] Edward Nacey was born in September 1922 in Duluth,...
Galbraith, Wendell Prewar Life to Enlistment
Wendell Galbraith was born in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit, Michigan] in January 1925. He had two sisters and one...
Baum, Irving Prewar Life to Enlistment
Irving Baum was born in September 1923 in Monticello, New York. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Baum to...
Eakes, Thomas Prewar Life to Enlistment
Thomas Eakes was born in November 1922 in Beaumont [Annotator's Note: Beaumont, Texas]. He had one older brother. His...

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