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Batty, William Prewar to Army Training
[Annotator’s Note: A dog panting is audible in the background throughout segment.] William Batty was born in December...
Armstrong, Henry Prewar to Basic Training
Henry Armstrong was born in November 1924 in Ludlow, Kentucky. His mother was a single parent of three children. They...
Paulk, William Prewar to Bombardier Training
William Morris Paulk was born in Vernon, Texas in 1924. He grew up there with two brothers and one twin sister. In the...
Klenoski, Richard Prewar to Bomber Navigator
Richard Klenoski was born in Saginaw, Michigan in June 1924. He had three brothers and two sisters and was number two....
Payne, Robert Prewar to Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...
Chauvin, Ernest Prewar to Drafted
Ernest Chauvin was born in Houma, Louisiana in October 1925. He lived there until he was drafted in 1943 or 1944. His...
Bauer, Wynn Prewar to Drafted
Wynn Bauer was born Clay Center, Kansas in September 1923. He grew up on a farm. He went to a two-room school with...
Yates, Herman Prewar to Drafted
Herman Yates was born in Anna, Illinois in November 1921. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a farmer....
Nickerson, Edward Prewar to England
Edward J. Nickerson, Jr. was born in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] in July 1920. His father was a...
Paynter, Don Prewar to Enlistment
Donald Dean Paynter was born in Madison, Wisconsin in August 1922. His brother was in World War 2 as well. His father...
Goebel, Robert Prewar to Fighter Pilot
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He attended school there. He did not have any college when Pearl...
Ammerman, Gale Prewar to Glider Training
Gale Ammerman was born in Sullivan, Indiana in March 1923. He grew up there. After high school in Dugger, Indiana, he...
Reed, Raymond Prewar to Iceland
Raymond A. Reed was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He moved to Summerville, New Jersey when he was three years old....
Foerster, David Prewar to Joining the Navy
David Foerster was born in Jacksonville [Annotator's Note: Jacksonville, Florida] in July 1923. He grew up there. He...
Stefaniak, Joe Prewar to Jump School
Joseph Stefaniak was born in Buffalo, New York in February 1920. He lived in the good old days. His father worked part-...
Moen, Virgil Prewar to Military Training
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins in mid-conversation between Virgil Clayton Moen and the interviewer.] Moen was born...
Taylor, Charles Prewar to Navy Life
Charles Taylor was born in December 1923 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Taylor recalls growing up during the Great...
Jameson, William Prewar to Overseas
William Graham Jameson was born on 29 April 1929 in Rochester, New York. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Nesser, William Prewar to Pearl Harbor Attack
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts on a black screen.] William Nesser was born in Columbus, Ohio in February 1920...
Jones, Robert Prewar to Pilot Training
Robert Jones was born in Mendon, Michigan and spent his teenage life working on a farm. When he graduated high school,...
Schaller, Henry Prewar to Pilot Wings
Henry Schaller was born in April 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended school there until he went to college. His...
Leavy, Eugene Prewar to Service
Eugene T. Leavy was born on 26 November 1925 in New York City. At a young age, he moved with his family to the Jamaica...
Kissam, Edward Prewar to the Merchant Marines
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Edward Kissam's father was associated with a saw mill. It...
Clift, Gilbert Prewar to Training in the Army
Gilbert Clift was born in October 1924, the youngest of three brothers, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. As an infant, Clift'...
Smith, Charles Prewar United States
Charles R. Smith was a senior in high school on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941]. They were asked to go...
Guidry, Lewis Prewar Years
Lewis Guidry was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana in January 1919. The Great Depression affected his life in many ways...
Fleischer, Dave Prewar, Deployment, and Postwar
Dave Fleischer was born in October 1922 in his mother's home in Dallas [Annotator's Note: Dallas, Texas] where he was...
Willis, Meade Prewar, Enlistment, and Deployment
Meade Willis was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana. His mother died when he was four years old, and he did not get along...
Smith, Eben Prewar, Training and Overseas Deployment
Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...
Smith, Samuel Primary, Basic, and Advanced Flight Training
Samuel W. Smith was sent to Visalia, California for primary flight school. They flew PT-22 low-wing planes [Annotator’s...
Bell, Harry Prison and Liberation
When Harry Bell and the other prisoners arrived [Annotator's Note: at Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany] they were...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Prison Camp and Liberation
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...
Dolsen, Frank Prison Camp Life
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] became a...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prison Camps, Guards, Crewmembers
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Liberato, Louis Prison Farm Work
[Annotator's Note: In March 1945, Louis Liberato was moved from the Stalag XII-A prisoner of war camp in Limburg,...
Poulson, Ernest Prison Life in the Carpathian Alps
Ernest L. Poulson and the other prisoners were taken to a prison in Bucharest [Annotator's Note: Bucharest, Romania]....

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