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Rougas, Beverly Early Life
Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1924. Life in New Orleans was wet and rainy...
Pugh, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Edward Pugh was born in June 1924 in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Denton [Annotator's Note: Denton, Texas]. His...
Smith, Carrol Early Life
Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...
Villarrubia, Forrest Early Life
Forrest Villarrubia was born in 1925 in Lacombe, Louisiana. Lacombe is on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just...
Brooks, Charles Edward Early Life
Charles Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas. Life in the Great Depression was difficult. His mother had been widowed when...
Bale, Edward Early Life
Edward Bale was born in Dallas, Texas in 1920. He was the only child. His father was in the automobile tire business....
Addison, Robert Early Life
Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...
Phillips, Sidney Early Life
Sidney Philips was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He grew up on Georgia Avenue in midtown. Eugene [Annotators Note...
Franklin, Ralph Early Life
Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...
Hall, William Early Life
William Hall was born in Denver, Colorado in July 1920. His family soon moved to Green River, Wyoming where his father...
Lemme, Thomas Early Life
Thomas Joseph Lemme was born in January 1926 in Albany [Annotator's Note: Albany, New York]. He had two older brothers...
Landry, Marian Early Life
Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry has nearly always been known as Marian Y. Landry with the Y representing her maiden...
Whitman, Melvin Early Life
Melvin C. Whitman was born and raised in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. In high school, his...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Early Life
Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Mittelsdorf was born in September 1923 in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note...
Arceneaux, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...
Campisano, Frank Early Life
Frank Campisano was born in April 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. He had a happy childhood and family. During the...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Early Life
Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...
Skaggs, Jack Early Life
Jack Skaggs was born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression. His father was a truck driver...
Marolda, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Marolda was born May 1923 in Winsted, Connecticut. He was born to a family of Italian immigrants and was the...
Wilson, Adolph Early Life
Adolph Wilson was born in Oakdale, Louisiana in 1922. Before the war, his father was in the coffee business. He...
Pierce, William "Bill" Early Life
William Pierce was born in Queens Village Long Island, New York in January 1925. He grew up in Queens and attended...
Ross, George Early Life
George Vincent Ross was born in September 1926 in Albany, New York. He grew up there. He had one brother, Edward, and...
Cole, Edgar Early Life
Edgar Marion Cole was born in Dallas, Texas in 1925. His parents were poor and he had to help the family financially...
Rosenbloom, Myers Early Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was born in June 1922 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He has three sisters, many nieces and...
Heath, David Early Life
David Heath was born in November 1921 in Toppenish, Washington. When he was seven, his family moved to Montana. While...
Bowsher, Walter Early Life and Army Service
Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....
Scales, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...
Moore, Hilar Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Hilar Clement Moore, Jr., served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. During the war, he was a...
Oliver, Byron Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Bryon Carl Oliver was born in July 1922 in Buffalo, New York. As a child, he played sports including skiing, baseball...
Morris, Mac Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...
Pritchard, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James H. "Jim" Pritchard was born in August 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up there. He had three sisters and two...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Michael Mervosh was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. The Great Depression taught him how to be frugal. At 18, he joined the...
Pryor, Frank Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Frank Lloyd Pryor was born in Wilson, Oklahoma in January 1926. His father worked as a telegraph operator for a...
Knapps, Walter Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...
Houston, Jack Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Jack Houston was born in Rochester, New York in May 1926. His father was a foreman in a foundry and was able to...

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