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Weldon Fruge was born in January 1925 in Eunice, Louisiana. His parents were sharecroppers, moving from farm to farm...

Kenneth Marshall was born in December 1926 in Grand Island, Nebraska, one of four siblings. His father, a hardworking...

Floyd Stahl was born in October 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up on a farm near Alto, Michigan. He was the...

Owen Gibb was born in Canada in 1925. His parents were farmers. He was raised on a farm in Alberta [Annotator’s Note:...

Anthony Varuso grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where his father had a food store. As a child, Varuso delivered...

Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

Robert Mayes was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 1923. He graduated from high school in 1941. He maintained...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

Calvin Elliott did not use the G.I. Bill. He had an occupation. He worked with women all of his life. When he retired,...

Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...

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