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Atwood, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Atwood was born Lebanon, Kansas in February 1922. He grew up on a farm. He had to milk cows before and after...
Platkin, Carl Prewar Life
Carl Platkin was born in September 1924 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. His father worked...
Synder, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Daniel Snyder was born in October 1925 in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He was an only child. [Annotator's Note: The...
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...
Kirkpatrick, Otto Prewar Life
Otto Kirkpatrick went to college after he got back from the war. Before the war, he was working for the conservation...
Cleveland, Carleton Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: It is very difficult to understand Carleton Cleveland due to sound issues throughout this clip.]...
Beaugh, George Prewar Life
George Beaugh was born in June 1922 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was one of six siblings. His parents were farmers....
Gay, Ralph Prewar Life
Ralph Gay was born in September 1918 in Oakland, California. He was an only child and was spoiled rotten. He got...
Ruess, Richard Prewar Life
Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...
Sellars, Arnol Prewar life
Arnol Sellars was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1924. He lived in Louisiana, Texas, and overseas but Tulsa is home. He...
Claus, Courtland Prewar Life
Cortland Claus was born in May 1925 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. He spent his first 10 years going through grade four...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Prewar Life
DeQuindre McGlaun was born on a farm in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. He was the youngest of 12 children. They lived...
Patterson, James Prewar Life
James Patterson was born in 1921 in Portland, Tennessee. He has one brother and one sister. He is the oldest child. His...
Murphy, Alfred Prewar Life
Alfred Pierse Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland in May 1922. He celebrated his third birthday on the boat taking him...
Elduff, James Prewar Life
James Elduff was born in July 1920 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...
Livingston, Robert Prewar Life
Robert "Bob" Livingston was born in March 1923 in Far Rockaway, New York during a blizzard. He was not a good student...
Stewart, William Prewar Life
William Stewart is 88 years old. He was born in April 1929 in Glendale, California. He has one brother. His father...
Ananian, Stephen Prewar Life
Stephen Ananian was born in December 1922 in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...
Urice, Joe Prewar Life
Joel Urice was born in Oklahoma in March 1924. He grew up in a small town. Everything moved slower back then. Urice’s...
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...
Roach, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Roach was born in January 1921 in Hugoton, Kansas. He went through high school. It was not a big school. He had...
Varner, Joel Prewar Life
Joel Varner was born in October 1923 in Senatobia, Mississippi. He attended high school and junior college there. He...
Paul, John Prewar Life
John Paul was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in February 1920. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression;...
Smith, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Smith was born in July 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He did not grow up there. They moved to Syracuse, New York...
Annas, Floyd Prewar Life
Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...
Caudle, John Prewar Life
John Caudle was born in January 1926 in a farmhouse in Farmington [Annotator's Note: Farmington, North Carolina]. It...
Burkle, Henry Prewar Life
Henry Burkle was born in West Monroe, Kansas in September 1921. West Monroe was a coal mining town of immigrants. His...
O'Brien, Ryan Prewar Life
Ryan O'Brien was born in March 1922 in Los Angeles, California. The Great Depression started when he was seven. His dad...
Welch, Darrell Prewar Life
Darrell Welch is a fifth generation Texan born in Center City, Texas [Annotator's Note: in March 1918]. He moved West...
Chambers, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene W. Chambers was born on a farm in Union Mills, Indiana in January 1922. His father was a farmer. Chambers became...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Prewar Life
[Annotator's Notes: There is a brief conversation before the interview officially begins.] Robert H. "Bob" Harris was...
Salter, Cary Prewar Life
Cary Salter was born in December 1921 near Macon, Mississippi. His father was a country doctor. They lived seven miles...
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...
Woodworth, Newell Prewar Life and Air Force Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Newell Bertram Woodworth was born in June 1923 in...
Cristiano, Nick Prewar Life and Being of Italian Descent
Nick Cristiano was born in July 1925. He grew up in the Bronx, New York. There were great schools. His father owned a...
Poston, Charles Prewar Life and College
Charles Poston was born in October 1921 in Austin, Arkansas but was raised in Many, Louisiana with two younger brothers...

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