Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Leonard, Edward Prewar Life
Edward J. Leonard was born in August 1919. He started working in the stables at age seven. There were horses all over...
Shirley, John Prewar Life
John Shirley was born in December 1924 in Santa Ana, California. He had two sisters. He was in school during the...
Horn, Arnold Prewar Life
Arnold Horn was born in July 1919 in Luling, Louisiana. He is one of seven boys. Five of them served in World War Two...
Stumpfa, James Prewar life
Jim Stumpfa is 94 years old [Annotator's Note: at the time of this interview]. He was in the US Coast Guard for four...
Barton, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Henry Barton was born on in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. He lived in Chicago until being called to active...
Topel, Fred Prewar Life
Fred Topel was born in May 1922 in Minneapolis [Annotator's Note: Minneapolis, Minnesota] but grew up in Golden Valley...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Prewar Life
Lloyd Rogers was born in Patterson, Louisiana in May 1914. He is 90 years old [Annotator’s Note: at the time of the...
Pugh, Glover Prewar Life
Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...
Smith, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be...
Smith, William S. Prewar Life
William C. Smith, Junior was born in Hartford, Connecticut in August 1917. His father was supporting three families...
Welch, Darrell Prewar Life
Darrell Welch is a fifth generation Texan born in Center City, Texas [Annotator's Note: in March 1918]. He moved West...
Hayashi, Shizuya Prewar Life and Draft
Shiyuza Hayashi was born near Waialua Sugar Plantation on the west side of the island [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii...
König, Karl Prewar Life and Hitler Youth
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] was born in January 1924 in Annaburg [Annotator's Note:...
Thompson, Thomas Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Thomas D. Thompson was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in August 1925. There were ten children in his family, and he was...
Osgood, Edgar Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Edgar De Pue Osgood mid sentence talking about how he went in the service as...
Sichler, George Prewar Life and Race Relations
George Sichler never knew his mother as she died when he was three years old. He was raised in an old adobe [Annotator'...
Stumpfa, James Prewar Life and Reflections on the War
Jim Stumpfa did not suffer during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global economic...
Cohen, Jack Prewar Life in Greece
Jack Cohen was born in July 1932 in Chalcis, Greece [Annotator's Note: Khalkís, Greece]. Before the war, they had peace...
Pbert, Herman Prewar Life in Italy
Herman Pbert was born in July 1926 in Piedicavallo, Italy near the Swiss border. His father had a construction business...
Rosenberg, George Prewar Life to Army Air Corps
George Henry Rosenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. His father was able to retain a job in the railroad...
Uchida, Togue Prewar Life to Army Training
Togue Uchida was born in October 1917 in Stoughton, Wisconsin and lived there until he was 12 years old. He moved to...
McCowen, William Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet Program
William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...
Howard, William Prewar Life to Drafted
William Edwin Howard was born in Grand Island, Florida on his grandfather's farm in July 1924. He fished there on Lake...
Raner, Norman Prewar Life to Enlistment
Norman Raner was born in November 1917 near Guthrie Center, Iowa. He went to high school and then worked in a CC Camp [...
Jagers, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert Jagers was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1922. His father passed away when he was 11 and he and his mother...
Simons, F.M. Prewar Life to Enlistment
F.M. Richard Simons was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania in December 1925. He lived there his whole life. He attended...
Kirk, James Prewar Life to Enlistment
James Read Kirk was born in September 1924 in Watseka, Illinois. His parents moved to the Detroit area [Annotator's...
Sherman, Joyce Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joyce Sherman was born August 1921 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] at the Women's...
Butz, John Prewar Life to Flight Training
John B. Butz was born in Fort Worth, Texas on 14 September 1920. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
Doundoulakis, Helias Prewar Life to Greek Resistance
elias Doundoulakis was born in Canton, Ohio in July 1923. He grew up with one older brother, George. He was raised by...
Hill, Jennings Prewar Life to North Africa
Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. was born in [Annotator's Note: unintelligible], West Virginia in 1924. Growing up during the...
Compagno, Nicholas Prewar Life to North Africa
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...
Compton, Bryan Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Bryan Compton was born in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1919. He has lived around Watonga all his life and got to see the world...
Riggs, Clarence Prewar Life to Pilot
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...
Ngai, Johnny Prewar to Africa
Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...
Gatlin, Carl Prewar to Army Life
Carl Robert Gatlin was born in January 1920 in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. He grew up with two younger sisters in his...

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