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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...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Hillenbrand was born in May 1925 in Syracuse, New York. Growing up in the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Naylor, Rosamond Prewar Life
Rosamund Naylor was born in April 1922 in Massachusetts. Her family lived in her grandfather’s house. Her father worked...
Prince, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Prince was born in Seattle, Washington in November 1919. He was the second of four boys. All of them served in...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Rosemary Ramsey was born in Levington, Michigan [Annotator's...
Rosenbloom, Myers Prewar Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom’s mother worked by having boarders. His mother was able to buy two houses with the money she...
Curran, Philip Prewar Life
Philip Curran was born in May 1927 on Orrs Island, Maine. He had two brothers and one sister. His father was a mate on...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Prewar Life
Betty Peak was born October 1923 in a small town in Plains, Meade County, Kansas. Her grandfather was an Irish...
Redmond, Leroy Prewar Life
Leroy Redmond was born in June 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. It was a nice town. He was the third son. The Great...
Kean, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Kean was born in August 1922 in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York]. He grew up in New York...
Luers, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Luers was born in in Brighton, Iowa in June 1924. He was not delivered in a hospital because that county did not...
Kruse, Shirley Prewar Life
Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...
Jones, Harold Prewar Life and Airborne Training
Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...
Waldman, Norman Prewar Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Norman William Waldman was born in December 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a machine gunner in the...
Votrobek, Jr., John Prewar Life and Becoming a Submarine Sailor
John Robert Votrobeck Jr. was born in July 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He went to school in Omaha and graduated high...
Westbrook, James Prewar Life and Beginning of War
James Roland Westbrook was born in November 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father was studying accounting. They...
Cristiano, Nick Prewar Life and Being of Italian Descent
Nick Cristiano was born in July 1925. He grew up in the Bronx, New York. There were great schools. His father owned a...
Kern, Frank Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...
Bird, Henry Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...
Richard, Joseph Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Joseph Richard was born in July 1923 in Sunset, Louisiana. He had 11 brothers and sisters. His father was a farmer and...
Ronson, Harold Prewar Life and Brothers at War
Harold Ronson was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Poston, Charles Prewar Life and College
Charles Poston was born in October 1921 in Austin, Arkansas but was raised in Many, Louisiana with two younger brothers...
Hammond, Jr., Robert C. Prewar Life and Commission
[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the sound does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....
St. Julian, James Prewar Life and Deployment to the Philippines
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior was born in January 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]....
Thomas, A.C. Prewar Life and Draft
A.C. Thomas remembers they came out of their pup tent [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two soldiers...
Barnhart, Clyde Prewar Life and Draft
Clyde Barnhart was born in July 1923 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He served in the Army Air Corps [Annotator's Note...
Uttero, Cosmo Prewar Life and Drafted
Cosmo Uttero was born in December 1923 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. After high school, he worked as a lathe operator in...
Blouin, Joseph Prewar Life and Drafted
Joseph Blouin was born in March 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up there. He had a brother who was coming home...
Sacks, Abraham Prewar Life and Drafted
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
Burrus, William Prewar Life and Drafted
William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...
Stoops, Robert Prewar Life and Drafted
Robert Stoops was born in May 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved around to several military installations until...
Wayne, William Prewar Life and Drafted
[Annotator's Note: The tape begins with the interviewee describing an attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, by...
Bellecci, John Prewar Life and Early Military Training
John Bellecci was born in September 1923 in Martinez, California. He grew up there and was the student body president...
Kuwayama, Yeiichi "Kelly" Prewar Life and Education
Kelly Kuwayama's official name is Yeiichi but everybody calls him Kelly. Kelly's first sergeant gave him the nickname,...
Roxandich, George Prewar Life and Education
George H. Roxandich was born in August 1925 in Lansford, Pennsylvania and attended Lansford High School. His father was...
Reed, Robert Prewar Life and Enlisting
Robert Frederick Reed was born in January 1921 on a farm near Rochester, Indiana where he lived for his first 18 years...

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