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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...
Fulton, Robert USS Houston (CA-30) and the Early Months of the War
Robert Fulton and the crew of the USS Houston (CA-30) spent the first day after the Pearl Harbor attack preparing for...
Chester, Daniel Early Life to Deployment
Daniel Chester was born in February 1925 in Lakewood, Ohio, went through grammar and high school there, and lived in a...
Puissegur, Baptiste Early Life
Baptiste Puissegur was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920 and grew up on a farm with his parents and older brothers...
Harper, Douglas Back to the United States After the War
Douglas Harper remembers everyone starting to talk about going home [Annotator's Note: after the war in the Pacific...
Lopez, Alex Early Life, the Draft and Basic Training
Alex Lopez was born in May 1926 in Los Angeles, California, the son of a barber. He grew up in a safe neighborhood...
Rice, Darold Pre-War Life
Darold Rice was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1925. During the Great Depression, Darold’s father worked in the Chevrolet...
Ornelles, Emory Becoming a Soldier
Emory Maurice Ornelles joined the Army at the Honolulu Armory [Annotator's Note: he had just witnessed Japanese planes...
Bertucci, George Early Life
George Joseph Bertucci was born in July 1925 in New Orleans and was raised there. His mother passed when he was three...
Weiner, Reuben Early Life and Enlistment
Reuben Weiner was born in Los Angeles, California on Bastille Day [Annotator's Note: national day of France] in July...
Pedersen, Allen Early Life and Entry into the Military
Allen Pedersen was born in Valley City, North Dakota in May 1916. His grandfather immigrated from Denmark. He grew up...
Renstrom, Keith Training on Maui and the Invasion of Saipan
Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

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