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Mellon, Mallie "Mallie Osborne" Prewar and Working at Briggs
Mallie Mellon was born in Hazard, Kentucky in October 1919. She had three sisters and one brother, and was the youngest...
Warne, Therese Prewar in the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] associated...
Downs, Raymond Prewar Life
Raymond F. Downs was born in March 1934 in San Antonio, Texas. He and his brother played sports in school. Downs grew...
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...
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...
Amram, Fred Prewar Life
Fred Amram was born in September 1933 in Hanover, Germany. His father was a peddler in the textile trade. He sold...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Prewar Life
Alfons Robert Kleindienst was born in Washington, D.C in March 1930. His father, Alfons Georg Kleindienst [Annotator's...
Hitchcock, Peggy Prewar Life
Peggy Hitchcock was born in June 1933. Her parents were happy. She enjoyed school. They would walk across the beach....
Drucker, Lillian Prewar Life
Lillian Drucker was born in July 1925 in Biloxi, Mississippi. She grew up there, attended school, and got married. Her...
Hagans, Benjamin Prewar Life
Benjamin Hagans was born in July 1929 in Cebu, the Philippines. His father was an engineer in Cuba. His father was an...
Hymel, Rita Prewar Life
Rita Hymel was born in Killona, Louisiana. They had a little schoolhouse and went to school barefoot. They had a pot-...
McHardy, Helmi Prewar Life
Helmi McHardy was born on a dairy farm in Austin, Michigan in February 1927. She is one of nine children. On the farm,...
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...
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...
Combs, Charlotte Prewar Life
Charlotte Combs was born in April 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She had two little...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Prewar Life
Z. Anthony Kruszewski discusses the history of the Polish language. His mother was evacuated to Ukraine during the...
Ream, John Prewar Life
John Ream was born in November 1934 in the Philippine islands. His father was raised on a ranch in Idaho. He went to...
Kern, Blaine Prewar Life
Blaine Kern was born in Algiers, a suburb of New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Kerry, Margaret Prewar Life
Margaret Kerry was born in May 1929 in Springfield, Illinois. Then she moved to California and lived there for almost...
Sarnacki, Stella Prewar Life
Stella Sarnacki was born in Poland in January 1923. She was born on a farm. She is one of four children. Her father...
Constant, Nelson Prewar Life
Nelson Constant was born in December 1914 in Bayou Buff, Louisiana. He remembers a soldier that came back from World...
Tidmore, Roberta Prewar Life
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in March 1922. She has one sister. There was only one...
Tolles, Martha Prewar Life
Martha Tolles was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in 1921. She grew up in New York...
Stables, Barbara Prewar Life
Barbara Stables was born in November 1926 in Mobile, Alabama. They were not affected too much by the Depression [...
Osborne, Loraine Prewar Life
Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Rosemary Ramsey was born in Levington, Michigan [Annotator's...
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...
Kruse, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...
Halberg, Norma Prewar Life and Flight School
Norma Halberg was born in 1923 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. It was a good life. It was during the Depression...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Prewar Life and Meeting His Wife
Ittsei Nakagawa was born in January 1930 in Fresno, California. He was fortunate in that the lady who delivered him was...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Carolyn Bridgforth was born in February 1923 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. It was wonderful growing up there. No crime,...
Lewis, Donald Prewar Life and Scotland
Donald Lewis was born in April 1934. In 1939, Lewis was five and on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic. His mother...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Prewar Life and War Letters
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Jennie Rosenzweig in conversation with people off camera.] Jennie Rosenzweig...
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:...
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...

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