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Walter Groth was born in Louisiana in July 1924. He was born and raised on a beef cattle farm in Elton, Louisiana. His...

Robert Eshback was born in 1924 in Beckersville, Pennsylvania. He was one of two sons of a foundryman. Eshback went to...

Peter Gallo was in the construction division in the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] before going...

James E. Haynes Sr. was born in December 1923 in Dorchester County at Summerville, South Carolina. He was one of 12...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a clock ticking in the background throughout this segment.] Robert J. Hutchings was born in...

Chris Carawan was born in 1926 in Washington, North Carolina into a family of seagoing people. His father was a sea...

Charles R. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1924. His father was a window washer. His mother was a housewife...

Hillman James Prestridge was born in September 1924 in Cragford, Alabama, a small town of about 400 people. He had one...

Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...

Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...

[Annotator’s Note: A dog panting is audible in the background throughout segment.] William Batty was born in December...

James Harvard London was born in Cordell, Oklahoma in June 1925. London does not remember growing up. His father worked...

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