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Mahoney, Timothy Early Life
Timothy James Mahoney was born in April 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and lived there for a few years. While still a...
Colquitt, James Early Life
James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children. His family lived on a...
Landry, Marian Early Life
Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry has nearly always been known as Marian Y. Landry with the Y representing her maiden...
Wessen, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Warren Wessen was born in May 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, uncle and two other men ran an...
Kaslow, Solis "Sol" Early Life
Solis “Sol” Kaslow was born in 1925 [Annotator’s Note: he grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father worked on...
Matsumoto, Roy Early Life
Roy H. Matsumoto was born near Los Angeles [Annotator's Note: Los Angeles, California] in May 1913. He had four...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Early Life
Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...
Schultz, Philip Early Life
Philip Schultz was born in April 1919 in a tiny village near Minsk, Belarus. His father had previously immigrated to...
Simpson, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Simpson was born in West Texas near Anson in 1921. He was delivered by a midwife. His father was a sharecropper...
Segal, Harvey Early Life
Harvey Segal was born in May 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [Annotator's Note: Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston]....
Perino, Salvador Early Life
Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...
Peer, Wayne Early Life
Wayne Peer was born in December 1923 in Keenesburg, Colorado and grew up in Keenesburg until his teen years when the...
Braddock, William Early Life
William M. Braddock was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1922. He was the oldest son in the family. The Braddocks had cows...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Mittelsdorf was born in September 1923 in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note...
Baroudi, Howard Early Life
Howard Baroudi was born in 1923 [Annotator’s Note: September 1923] in Schroon Lake but grew up in North Creek, both in...
VanDuzer, Raymond Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and interviewee introducing themselves.] Raymond VanDuzer was...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Early Life
Clarence Earl Derrington, Jr. was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. His father was in the insurance...
Staymates, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Staymates was born in 1925 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania which is about 20 or 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. He...
Clark, Charles Early Life
Annotator's Note: There is a loud hum throughout the interview.] Charles William "Tom" Clark was born in September 1925...
Reitman, Seymour Early Life
Seymour Reitman was born in 1925 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], but moved to Atlantic...
Graff, Richard Early Life
Richard Graff was born in August 1924 on a farm outside of Popejoy, Iowa. His parents were German immigrants born in...
Berkman, Harold Early Life
Harold W. Berkman was born in Brooklyn, New York in February 1926. Florida has been his home since 1975. He has...
Samuelson, Jack Early Life
Jack D. Samuelson is a World War Two veteran. He was interviewed at 88 years of age in a senior citizens’ home. He met...
Bassemir, Robert Early Life
Robert Bassemir was born in May 1924 in Ridgewood, New York. He grew up with a brother and a sister. His brother served...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Early Life
Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...
Saloom, Kaliste Early Life
Kaliste Joseph Saloom, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on in May 1919. Prior to the war, Saloom attended college...
Frazier, Glenn Early Life
Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...
Brukman, Jack Early LIfe
Jack Brukman was born in 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He experienced small town living near the beach. The weather...
Wisher, Charles Early Life
Charles "Chuck" Wisher was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1926. His father was in construction so at five years of...
O'Rorke, James Early Life
James Richard O'Rorke was born in Washington, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in September 1922] which is known for...
Lewis, Noah Early Life
Noah Lewis was born in March 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He had a normal life growing up. His mother was a house...
Niec, Stanley Early Life
Stanley John Niec was born in May 1926 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] and was raised there. He was...
Spaetgens, William Early Life
William Leo Spaetgens was born on a farm in Roberts Cove near Crowley, Louisiana in 1922. He had eight siblings but one...
Vater, Joseph Early Life
Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...
Lauderdale, Dell Early Life
Dell William Lauderdale was born in 1927 near Ackerly, Texas. Ackerly was a small rural town. He had six brothers and...
DiFulco, Jerome Early Life
Jerome Paul DiFulco was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1921. He grew up there during the hard times of the...

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