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Alair, Gene Prewar Life
Gene Alair was born in February 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. His mother was in the entertainment business, so they...
Shenkle, George Prewar Life
George Shenkle was born in New Jersey in 1921. His father was a clerk to the superintendent of a steel company. His...
Trauner, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Trauner was born in 1925 in Boonton, New Jersey. His father had a bakery there. In 1929, his father sold the...
Dyer, Jimmie Prewar Life
Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...
Tognoli, Paris Prewar Life
Paris Tognoli was born in December 1924 in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. They later...
Dearey, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Allen Dearey was born in August 1927 in Perry, Iowa. He was an only child. He was a letter carrier for the post...
Mestayer, Angus Prewar life
Angus Francis Mestayer is 95 years old. He was born in 1922 in Loreauville [Annotator's Note: Loreauville, Louisiana]....
Boeke, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Boeke was born in August 1925 in Pasadena, California. Pasadena was a great place with nice people. The weather...
Bowie, James Prewar Life
James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...
Chartier, Charles Prewar Life
Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...
Hastings, Wilford Prewar Life
Wilford E. Hastings was born in Braggadocio, Missouri in July 1923. He grew up in the area. Family life was tough for...
Lutz, William Prewar Life
William Lutz was born in March 1920 and raised in Reading [Annotator’s Note: Reading, Pennsylvania]. He had a good life...
Ruess, Richard Prewar Life
Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...
Wilson, Paul Prewar Life
Paul Wilson was born in December 1925 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has five sisters and one brother. He grew up in...
Guyote, Walter Prewar Life
Walter John Guyote was born in St. Mary Parish [Annotator’s Note: St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] in July 1925. He had...
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...
Riedl, Edward Prewar Life
Edward Riedl was born in November 1920 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] and grew up there. He...
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...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was born in May 1923 in...
Bost, Ben Prewar Life
Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...
Peiffer, Warren Prewar Life
Warren Peiffer was born in 1926 in Bethel, Pennsylvania. His father died when he was seven years old. He has one sister...
Bath, Garland Prewar Life
Garland Bath was born in January 1925 in Evans County, Georgia in a log cabin. He attended school there. He got his...
Heinly, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Harvey Heinly was born in February 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remembers using ink wells in school. The...
Brown, Robert Prewar Life
Robert J. S. Brown was born in September 1924 in Lawndale, California. He had one younger brother. Brown remembers his...
Hall, Clayton Prewar Life
Clayton Hall was born in Harvey County on a farm near Newton [Annotator's Note: Newton, Kansas]. His father was in...
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...
Kern, Blaine Prewar Life
Blaine Kern was born in Algiers, a suburb of New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During 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...
Prestridge, Hillman Prewar Life
Hillman James Prestridge was born in September 1924 in Cragford, Alabama, a small town of about 400 people. He had one...
Beal, Marion Prewar Life
Marion Meredith Beal was born in October 1922 in Jefferson, Texas. He had a small family. He was the only child for a...
Blank, Calvin Prewar Life
Calvin Blank was born in January 1926 in Bronx, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs in...
Gohlke, Marvin Prewar Life
Marvin H. Gohlke was born in Texas in November 1921. He was the oldest child. His mother had four more sons. She died...
Paul, John Prewar Life
John Paul was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in February 1920. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression;...
Maziarczyk, Michael Prewar Life
Michael Maziarczyk was born in July 1922. He was raised on a farm in Cameron, Pennsylvania. His mother had 14 children...
Splichal, William Prewar Life
William Splichal was born in May 1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His father worked for the city and his mother raised the...
Scully, William Prewar Life
William Scully was born in November 1922 in London [Annotator’s Note: London, England]. His family was living in London...

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