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Edwards, Randall Early Life, Enlistment and Re-Enlistment
Randall Edwards was born in July 1917 near Pine Bluff, Wyoming. His family lived on ranches in various parts of the...
Montalbano, Mickey Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Mickey Montalbano was born in 1927 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but from the time he was one year old, he lived in Baton...
Leese, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...
Payn, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Thomas Payn was born in June 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of his Canadian parents. The family moved to...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Gerald Abbenhaus was born in January 1920 on a farm in northeast Nebraska. He went to Bloomfield High [Annotator's Note...
Beaman, William Early Life, Enlistment and Training
William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...
Candella, Phillip Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Phillip Candella was born in 1913 in Eunice, Louisiana, and grew up during the Great Depression. His family lived in...
Jagoe, Armiger Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Armiger Jagoe was born in April 1921 in Okolona, Mississippi and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi when he was two years...
Lefever, Paul Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Paul Lefever was born in September 1920 in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, the youngest and only son among the three...
Shook, Hal Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...
Grun, Frederick Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frederick Grun was born in March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children. His father was an...
Hever, John Early Life, Enlistment and Training
John Hever was born in 1924 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of four children and the only boy....
Neilson, Francis Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Francis Neilson was born in October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his...
Kenney, Clyde Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
Clyde Kenney was born in August 1924 in Cumberland, Maryland. His mother and father were divorced, and Kenney and his...
Marca, Carl Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment to Australia
Carl Marca was born in March 1918 in Sheffield, Pennsylvania. His parents moved around a bit before settling in...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Overseas Deployment
Benjamin Schleider was born in Brenham, Texas in 1921. His grandfather was a successful businessman and was very...
Lebsack, Wayne Early Life, Enlistment, Training, and Deployment
Wayne Lebsack was born in July 1925 in Great Bend, Kansas. He and his two sisters grew up in Galatia, Kansas where his...
Rans, Robert Early Life, Entering the Service, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...
Brignac, Martin Early Life, Losing His Father and Seeing a Wooden Washing Machine
Martin Brignac was born in November 1921 in Lutcher, Louisiana. He only lived there the first year and then moved to...
Pizzolongo, Paul Early Life, Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge
Paul Pizzolongo was born in February 1923 in Bronx, New York. His father picked numbers for the bookies and his mom did...
Caplan, Lester Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...
Massengale, Louis Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Louis Massengale was born in February 1926, and spent his first five years in Goodwater, Alabama, living with his...
Fatora, Jerome Early Life, the Draft, Training and Deployment
Jerome Fatora was born in July 1925 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. He grew up there and when the draft age was lowered...
Morrison, Donald Early Life, Training and Fighting in Europe
Donald C. Morrison was part of the 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment, Company K [Annotator's Note: Company...
Praetorius, Leo Early Life, Working for Higgins Industries and Joining the Navy
Leo Praetorius was born in October 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his father worked in a haberdashery. His...
Smith, Bernard Ecumenical Crew
Bernard Smith was very comfortable as an armorer gunner. He and his crew got along very well. They were ecumenical....
Long, Harold Education and War's End
Harold Long was born in January 1926 in Lawrence, Kansas. He grew up in southern Illinois during the Great Depression...
Morgenthaler, David Engineer Training for North Africa
David T. Morgenthaler reported to Langley Field [Annotator's Note: now Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia] in...
Biondo, Frank England and D-Day
Frank Biondo left New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] for Newport News, Virginia and shipped to Glasgow,...
Blouin, Joseph England and the Fascinating Lady
It took a good month for Joseph Blouin to fly from West Palm Beach, Florida to England. The captain checking them in in...
Burrus, William English Ship and SS Troops
William Burrus shipped overseas to Europe on a slimy, English boat [Annotator's Note: 17 October 1944]. They had boiled...
Hardy, George Enlisting as an Aviation Cadet
George Hardy's father persuaded him to not join his brother in the Navy because of the race problem. He would be...
Kiefer, Keith Enlisting in the Air Force
Keith Kiefer was not sure that college was the right path for him. He considered going into the service. He and two...
Ebersole, William Enlisting in the Army Air Forces
William Ebersole was born in September 1924 in Arcadia, Florida. He graduated from high school there in June 1942 then...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Enlisting in the Marine Corps
Archibald Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note:...
Colburn, George Enlisting in the Marine Corps
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...

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