Great Depression

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Drucker, Lillian Prewar Life
Lillian Drucker was born in July 1925 in Biloxi, Mississippi. She grew up there, attended school, and got married. Her...
Bucher, Francis Prewar Life
Francis Bucher was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His was a friendly neighborhood where everybody knew...
Andriano, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Andriano was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in February 1926....
Bodson, Henry Prewar Life
Henry Bodson was born in 1917 in Dobzyn, Poland [Annotator's Note: Dobrzyn, Poland]. His family left Poland in 1921 and...
Ray, Sammy Prewar Life
Sammy Ray was born in the small town of Mulberry, Kansas. His father sold dry goods to African-American sharecroppers,...
Fili, William Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins in a room with airplane model and other memorabilia around. It sounds as if...
Spint, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Spint was born in February 1925 in Billings, Montana and lived there until he was in the sixth grade. He had...
Stern, Debra Prewar Life
Debra Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York] in...
Fatora, Jerome Prewar Life
Returning to questions about his prewar life, Jerome Fatora said that the Great Depression was a difficult time, but...
Lynch, James Prewar Life
James Paul Lynch served on the USS Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)] and the USS Sea Dog [Annotator's Note:...
Hartman, Joseph Prewar life
Joseph Hartmann was born in September 1925 in Patterson, New Jersey. He had two sisters that are younger. In the...
Mitchel, Lyle Prewar Life
Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Prewar Life
Archibald Boyd Rackerby was born in July 1920 in Washington, D.C. because his mother and her family were Washingtonians...
Sussman, Marvin Prewar Life
Marvin Sussman was born in Chicago, Illinois in August 1923. Other than one trip to see his grandparents in New York,...
Waldman, Leon Prewar Life
Leon Waldman was born in August 1924 on Park Avenue, New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. He had one...
Dixon, Leon Prewar Life
Leon Dixon was born in June 1918 in Batchelor, in the parish of Pointe Coupee [Annotator's Note: Louisiana]. It was...
Ehlers, Helen Prewar Life
Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a...
Hymel, Rita Prewar Life
Rita Hymel was born in Killona, Louisiana. They had a little schoolhouse and went to school barefoot. They had a pot-...
Guidry, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Guidry was born in Rayne, Louisiana in August 1925. When he was 15 years old, he moved to New Orleans [...
DeSalvo, Vincent Prewar Life
Vincent DeSalvo was born in September 1920 in Hammond, Louisiana. His family left Hammond when he was five years old....
Roed, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Roed was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. He had an older brother, who was also in the service, and a younger...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Prewar Life
Wallace Edward Spencer, originally Wallace Smigirow, was born in Woodside, New York in October 1925. He has one older...
Albertson, Arthur Prewar Life
Arthur Albertson was born in 1923 in Millville [Annotator's Note: Millville, Pennsylvania]. The children were nice....
McHardy, Helmi Prewar Life
Helmi McHardy was born on a dairy farm in Austin, Michigan in February 1927. She is one of nine children. On the farm,...
Abate, Sam Prewar Life
Sam V. Abate was born in Saint Rose, Louisiana in November 1920. He lived there for the rest of his life after he came...
Briggs, Norman Prewar Life
Norman Alden Briggs was born in November 1925 in Jennings [Annotator's Note: Jennings, Louisiana]. He had three...
Adair, Charles Prewar Life
Charles Watkins Adair was born in Dora, Alabama in 1923. His family moved a lot during the Great Depression [Annotator'...
Hill, James Prewar Life
James J. Hill was born in September 1920 in Chicago's [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] north side. He grew up in a...
Heany, Mary Prewar Life
Mary T. Heany was born in July 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. They had a nice house. She walked to school with her brother...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Prewar Life
Neil Cox was born in Florala, Alabama in September 1925. He had two brothers and one sister. They lived on a farm. They...
Brown, Charles Prewar Life
Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...
Goodwin, Kenneth Prewar Life
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was born in August 1926 in South Berwick, Maine. He is the youngest of seven children. He was...
Van Matre, Russell Prewar Life
Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...
Russo, Alvin Prewar Life
Alvin Russo was born in December 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child. His father was a pharmacist. His...
Trotter, Bernice Prewar Life
Bernice Trotter was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1924. She was in the fourth grade when they moved to Tulsa [...
Cowan, John Prewar Life
John L. Cowan's ancestors came from the western part of Scotland. He was born December 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

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