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Trim, Carl Early Life
Carl Trim was born in Greenville, Mississippi in September 1926. His parents divorced soon after and Trim and his...
Bell, Cecil Early Life
Cecil K. Bell was born in February 1922 and grew up in Hugo, Oklahoma. He had four sisters and two brothers. His father...
Blackwell, David Early Life
David McKinley Blackwell was born in Holden, Louisiana and grew up in Washington Parish. He grew up on a farm where...
Drake, Joseph Early Life
Joseph J. Drake was born in October 1924 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and one sister. His father lost...
Knudson, Robert Early Life
Robert Knudson was born in January 1925 in Mason City, Iowa. His father was a successful greenhouse owner, and even...
Peterson, Carl Early Life
Carl Peterson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma. He had three brothers and a sister and when his mother remarried he got...
Scheerer, Richard Early Life
Richard Scheerer was born in December 1915 and grew up in Kansas City [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri]. His...
Ciotta, Angelo Early Life
Angelo Ciotta was born in 1925 in Leone, Italy. He came to the United States through Ellis Island, New York, at age...
Kellogg, Fermer Early Life
Fermer Kellogg was born in April 1925. He was born, raised and resides in Burbank, California. His family made...
Odom, James Early Life
James Odom was born in November 1925 in South Palo Pinto County, about 20 miles south of Mineral Wells, Texas. He grew...
Bollich, James Early Life
James Joseph Bollich was born in August 1921 south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
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...
Charles, Howard Early Life
Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Early Life
Joseph Mittelsdorf was born in September 1923 in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note...
Arceneaux, Arthur Early Life
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...
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...
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...
Hirschmann, Peter Early Life
Peter Hirschmann was born in December 1924 in Nuremberg, Germany. He was raised there as the son of a patriotic World...
Gehrett, John Early LIfe
John Gehrett was born in July 1921 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where grew up and was educated. The family home was on...
Dahlberg, Melvin Early Life
Melvin Dahlberg was born in August 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, just days after his parents had moved there from Sweden...
Hayes, Clifford "Cliff" Early Life
Clifford Suthern Hayes was born in February 1926 in Manhattan, New York. His stepfather worked as a manger in a grocery...
Ito, Susumus Early Life and Army Life
Susumas Ito was born in July 1919 in Stockton, California. His parents were immigrants from Hiroshima, Japan and became...
Kerner, John Early Life and Basic Training
John Kerner was born in February 1919 in San Francisco, California. His family moved to Boston, Massachusetts for a...
Oliver, Byron Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Bryon Carl Oliver was born in July 1922 in Buffalo, New York. As a child, he played sports including skiing, baseball...
Knapps, Walter Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...
Lininger, Schuyler Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Schuyler Lininger was born in Evanston, Illinois in October 1923. Lininger had one older brother and one younger sister...
Jenkins, Samuel Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining what he will be doing during the interview....
Marich, Robert Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Robert Marich was born in January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 16, his family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. A...
Finklang, Frank Early Life and Bombardier School
Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...
Debrick, Arnold Early Life and Enlisting
Arnold Debrick was born on a farm in Paolo, Kansas in March 1925. He attended a one room school in town. In second...
Vaadi, Eugene Early Life and Enlisting
Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...
Lindquist, Donald Early Life and Enlistment
Donald A. Lindquist was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1924 and lived there until Hurricane Katrina in...
Pocoroba, Joseph Early Life and Enlistment
Joseph Pocoroba was born in Newark, New Jersey in August 1919. He attended Good Counsel grammar and high school [...
Notebaert, Richard Early Life and Enlistment
Richard Notebaert was born in January 1920 in Rochester, New York. He was youngest of the four children of a bridge and...
Johnsen, Erik Early Life and Enlistment
Erik Frithjof Johnsen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1925 and had one brother who had been born in 1922....
Lalande, Edward Early Life and Enlistment
Edward Lalande was born in Moreauville, Louisiana in March 1919. He had three brothers and three sisters. He had a good...
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