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Byrnes, William Prewar Life
William E. Byrnes was born in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] in January 1926. His family moved around a...
Liberato, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Liberato was born in May 1925 in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. He had two sisters and one brother and was the...
Taliancich, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Taliancich was born in Louisiana in 1920. His father came over from Yugoslavia and went into the oyster business...
McCormick, Bruce Prewar life
Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....
Eshelman, Raymond Prewar Life
Ray Eshelman was born in Dayton, Ohio, in July 1925. He grew up there and attended school. He graduated [Annotator's...
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...
Bowers, Roger Prewar Life
Roger Bowers was born in May 1924 in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania. His father worked part-time for the Pennsylvania...
Redmond, Leroy Prewar Life
Leroy Redmond was born in June 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. It was a nice town. He was the third son. The Great...
Jones, Harold Prewar Life and Airborne Training
Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...
Waldman, Norman Prewar Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Norman William Waldman was born in December 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a machine gunner in the...
Kern, Frank Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...
Thomas, A.C. Prewar Life and Draft
A.C. Thomas remembers they came out of their pup tent [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two soldiers...
Barnhart, Clyde Prewar Life and Draft
Clyde Barnhart was born in July 1923 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He served in the Army Air Corps [Annotator's Note...
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...
Mayne, Colin Prewar Life and Draft
Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...
Uttero, Cosmo Prewar Life and Drafted
Cosmo Uttero was born in December 1923 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. After high school, he worked as a lathe operator in...
Blouin, Joseph Prewar Life and Drafted
Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...
Kitts, James Prewar Life and Drafted
James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...
Whitworth, Vaughan Prewar Life and Drafted
Vaughan Whitworth was born in April 1925 in Virginia. He grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina where his parents owned a...
Sacks, Abraham Prewar Life and Drafted
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
Burrus, William Prewar Life and Drafted
William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...
Stoops, Robert Prewar Life and Drafted
Robert Stoops was born in May 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved around to several military installations until...
Steeg, Moise Prewar Life and Drafted
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...
Wayne, William Prewar Life and Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The tape begins with the interviewee describing an attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, by...
Cole, John Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
John H. Cole was born in January 1922 in Greene County, Arkansas, in a little community named Epsby [Annotator's Note:...
Damonte, Emmanuel Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Emmanuel Nazarro Damonte [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling on middle name] was born in San Francisco [Annotator's...
Gibson, Robert "Doby" Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
Robert W. "Doby" Gibson was born in Utica, Mississippi in August 1924. He was nicknamed, "Doby", after a professional...
Scoppa, Carmen Prewar Life and Entrance to Service
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview.]...
Kirkpatrick, Teddy Prewar Life and Initial Training
Teddy Kirkpatrick was born in July 1923 in Highland Park, Michigan. His father worked at the local Ford Motor Company...
Cupina, John Prewar Life and into the Army
John J. Cupina was born in 1926 in Binghamton, New York. His parents worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in...
Bridger, Harley Prewar Life and Joining the Air Corps
Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...
Samrow, Joseph Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow was born and grew up in Slidell, Louisiana in 1926. He had five brothers and a sister, he was...
Anderson, William Prewar Life and Joining the Navy
William Anderson was born in August 1924 in Weldon, Iowa. He grew up on a farm and remembers milking cows before he...
Zingheim, John Prewar Life and Overseas Deployment
Dr. John Julien Zingheim was born in July 1923 in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose, California]. [Annotator's Note...
Russell, Richard Prewar Life and Postwar Career
Richard T. Russell, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1922. His father was a civil service employee....
Fox, Charles Prewar Life and the Draft
Charles Joseph Fox was born in New Roads, Louisiana. His father was a levee contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers...

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