Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Whaley, Ellis Prewar Life to Drafted
Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...
Beard, Oral Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Hoff, Donald Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Donald Hoff already in conversation with the interviewer.] Hoff [Annotator...
Raquepau, John Prewar Life to Enlistment
John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...
Aldous, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert G. Aldous was sometimes called "Bob". He was born in July 1925 in Ogden, Utah and grew up in Huntsville, Utah....
Stix, Charles Prewar Life to Enlistment
Charles Stix was born in March 1925. His great-grandfather came to Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio] from...
Dendy, Lloyd Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with a conversation in progress.] Lloyd Dendy was born in July 1922 in Homer,...
Hebert, Willie Roy Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...
Burrell, Joseph Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
Wulf, Lawrence Prewar Life to Enlistment
Lawrence Wulf was born in Avoca, Nebraska in May 1919. His father was a farmer but was also the director of a bank his...
Lewter, Robert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Robert Lewter was born Lincoln County, Tennessee in October 1927. His father was a sharecropper. Lewter grew up...
Mikus, John Prewar Life to Enlistment
John Mikus, Jr. was born in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania in October 1921. His father was a coal miner. Mikus had seven...
Love, John Prewar Life to Enlistment
John Edward Love was born in Clovis, New Mexico in August 1922. His father abandoned his family during the Great...
Andrews, Dennis Prewar Life to Enlistment
Dennis Allen Andrews was born Mount Solon, Virginia. His father worked at Goodrich Rubber Company to support his family...
McHardy, Arthur Prewar Life to Enlistment
Arthur McHardy was born Angus, Scotland in October 1924. He vaguely recalls growing up in Scotland. He was only five [...
Weber, Ed Prewar Life to Entering the Service
Ed Weber was born in March 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He had one older brother. He moved to Dallas, Texas when he...
Sibley, Allen Prewar Life to Guam
Allen Ray Sibley was born in November 1925 in Livingston Parish [Annotator's Note: Livingston Parish, Louisiana]. He...
Kiplinger, Austin Prewar Life to Harvard
Austin H. Kiplinger was born in 1918 and raised in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding regions in Virginia and...
Lafleur, Richard Prewar Life to Induction
Richard Lafleur was born in December 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota. He was there until he was about 15, when his parents...
Yamamoto, Albert Prewar Life to Japan
Albert Yamamoto was born in 1927 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Mirsky, Arnold Prewar Life to Joining the Military
Arnold A. Mirsky was born in November 1918 and was born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were immigrants of Russia...
Culpepper, George Prewar Life to Leyte, Philippines
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of skipping in the beginning of this clip.] George Culpepper was born in Fort Valley...
Pike, Henry Prewar Life to Marine
Henry Quinton Pike [Annotator's Note: An announcement interrupts interview from 0:00:19.000 to 0:00:36.000] was born in...
Mayer, Philip Prewar Life to Marine
Philip Mayer was born in June 1925 in Hollister, California where his family had a ranch. In 1930, his family moved to...
O'Hara, Richard Prewar Life to Marine
Richard O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1925 and lived there until he was about 15. He considers...
Moore, Calvin Prewar Life to Marine Corps
Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...
Smith, Thomas Prewar Life to Marshall Islands
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was born in June 1924 in Schenectady, New York. He was a senior in high school and had just...
Sasser, Joseph Prewar Life to Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Sound and video are choppy at times during this segment.] Joseph H. Sasser Junior was born in Scott...
Armentaro, Louis Prewar Life to Mindanao
Louis J. Armentaro was born a twin in September 1924 in Livingston, Montana. He has lived there his whole life. His...
Masters, Robert Prewar Life to Navy
Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...
Riggs, William Prewar Life to Navy
Williams Riggs was born in Somerset, Texas in January 1925. He grew up working on a farm and vowed he would never go...
Rasmussen, Ervin Prewar Life to Navy
Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was born in Elgin, North Dakota in January 1926. His father had a farm, but they moved in 1941 to...
Thomason, David Prewar Life to Navy Enlistment
David Thomason was born in October 1925. He had four brothers and grew up on a farm outside of Fountain Inn [Annotator'...
Harris, Rufus Prewar Life to Navy Ensign
Rufus Harris was born in 1923 in Macon, Georgia. He lived there for four years and then they moved to New Orleans [...
Kerr, Richard Prewar Life to Navy Training
Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...
Darling, William Prewar Life to New Caledonia
William Darling was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925. He always wanted to be in the military. He wanted to go to...

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