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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...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was born in May 1923 in...
Elduff, James Prewar Life
James Elduff was born in July 1920 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...
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...
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...
Siverts, Hans Prewar Life
Hans Siverts was born in March 1918 in Marshall, North Dakota and lived on a ranch until he was five. He had six...
Livingston, Robert Prewar Life
Robert "Bob" Livingston was born in March 1923 in Far Rockaway, New York during a blizzard. He was not a good student...
Zunno, Frank Prewar Life
Frank Zunno was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923. He lived with his parents and one younger sister. During the Great...
Heinly, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Harvey Heinly was born in February 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remembers using ink wells in school. The...
LeBlanc, Andrew Prewar Life
Andrew Leblanc, Junior was born in July 1926 in McCall [Annotator's Note: McCall, Louisiana]. He had seven sisters and...
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...
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...
Jerabek, Gene Prewar Life
Gene R. Jerabek was born in Winfield, Pennsylvania in December 1917. She grew up on a farm. They had electricity in the...
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...
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...
Varner, Joel Prewar Life
Joel Varner was born in October 1923 in Senatobia, Mississippi. He attended high school and junior college there. He...
Malone, Dorothy "GiGi" Prewar Life
Dorothy Malone was born in June 1922 in Ware, Massachusetts. Her father passed away when she was a child. Her mother...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Prewar Life
Ora Pierce Hicks married John Hicks at a German prisoner of war camp in Arizona. She has a twin brother named Otis. She...
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...
Scully, William Prewar Life
William Scully was born in November 1922 in London [Annotator’s Note: London, England]. His family was living in London...
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...
Smith, William S. Prewar Life
William C. Smith, Junior was born in Hartford, Connecticut in August 1917. His father was supporting three families...
Annas, Floyd Prewar Life
Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...
Griffis, James Prewar Life
James A. Griffis was born in Lake Forest, Illinois in October 1924. His father was a general contractor. Lake Forest...
Caudle, John Prewar Life
John Caudle was born in January 1926 in a farmhouse in Farmington [Annotator's Note: Farmington, North Carolina]. It...
Settles, Louise Prewar Life
Louise Settles was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in June 1916. She was working for Bethlehem Steel at Fore River...
O'Brien, Ryan Prewar Life
Ryan O'Brien was born in March 1922 in Los Angeles, California. The Great Depression started when he was seven. His dad...
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...
Tso, Samuel Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
Grass, Philip Prewar Life
Philip Grass grew up in Alexandria [Annotator’s Note: Alexandria, Louisiana], but was born near Port Allen, Louisiana....
Willett, Richard Prewar Life
Richard Willett was born in San Antonio, Texas in January 1925. He lived in San Antonio until 1938 when his family...
Stewart, Roy Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining to Roy Stewart how the interview process works...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Hillenbrand was born in May 1925 in Syracuse, New York. Growing up in the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...

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