Prewar life

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Grieves, Billy Becoming a Submarine Sailor
Billy Grieves was born in Liberty Center, Ohio. At a young age his parents moved the family to Detroit, Michigan for...
Aupied, Mildred Becoming a Welder
Mildred Bonvillian Aupied was born in Bayou Black near Houma in Terrebonne Parish [Annotator’s Note: south of New...
Sawada, Lily Early Life
Lily Myoko [Annotator’s Note: her maiden name was given but was not audible] Sawada was born on 28 September 1927 in...
Viani, Bruno Early Life
Bruno Viani was born in Greenwich Village in New York City in 1921. He grew up on a crowded street that was primarily...
McConn, John "Jack" Early Life
John McConn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1923. Raised during the Great Depression, McConn's father was an accountant...
Long, Catherine Early Life
Catherine Long was born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio. That was the home of her mother’s family. She soon moved to Pittsburgh...
Damberg, Wanda Early LIfe
Wanda Damberg was born of a Dutch father who served as a diplomat in the Philippines starting in 1916. He met Damberg’s...
Kaufman, Luna Early Life
Luna Kaufman was born in 1926 in Cracow, Poland. Her family ancestry in Cracow dated to the 1700s. They were long time...
Higgins, Richard Early Life and Joining the Marines
Richard Higgins was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in Sims Hospital. Higgins moved to Harrison, Maine when he was...
Reynolds, Holly Early Life, Joining the Red Cross and Overseas Deployment
Holly Frederick Reynolds was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was born in Virginia because her mother was there at the...
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 1
Loevsky was born on Long Island, New York. He was 1 of 3 children.His father worked in a bronze factory. He was a young...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 1
Connick was born in Mobile, Alabama on 27 March 1926. He moved with his family to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of...
Jackson, Arthur Segment 1
Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...
Hurd, Francis Segment 1
Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit school...
Leahr, John Segment 1
Leahr and the interviewer talk about fishing.Leahr grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was a chauffeur and his...
Gonzalez, Jesus Segment 1
Gonzales was 10 years old when the Japanese invaded [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippine Islands]. At the time he...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 1
Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 1
Tyler was working in the information center receiving radar reports on the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack [...
McGee, Charles Segment 1
McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1919. After 3rd grade he moved to Illinois. He also spent some time in Iowa. McGee...
Nerison, James "Jim" Segment 1
James Nerison was born in San Francisco. His mother and father moved down to the city of Alhambra near Los Angeles. His...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 1
Currey was born in 1925 in Loch Sheldrake, New York and grew up in the small community Hurleyville, New York. His...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 1
Wilburn K. Ross grew up in Strunk, Kentucky. He worked on a farm until he was 18 then went to work in a coal mine but...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 1
Barney Old Coyote was born in April 1923. He spoke the Crow language growing up. Old Coyote was raised by his...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 1
Janice Martin Benario was born in Baltimore, Maryland and went through the public school system. She wanted to go away...
Peterson, Carl Segment 1
Peterson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma. He had three brothers and a sister and when his mother remarried he got two...
Bell, Bryan Segment 1
Bell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 15th, 1918. Before the war, Bell had a business manufacturing...
Mack, Frank Segment 1
Mack was born in his grandparent’s home. He lived there as an infant. When he got a little older his parents moved to a...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 1
Biddle was born in Daleville, Indiana on November 28th, 1923. Daleville had about nine hundred people. He lived there...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 1
James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...
Erickson, Martha Segment 1
Erickson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1918. Her father was still fighting in World War I in France. He...
Bacon, Giles Segment 1
Giles Bacon served with an MP [Annotator’s Note: military police] battalion on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. He was born...
McClellan, James Segment 1
James McClellan served in the 755th Field Artillery Battalion, 15th Army.He was born in West Virginia. His father...
Kawamoto, Yukio Segment 1
Yukio Kawamoto was born in Berkeley, California in November 1919. He was drafted into the army from the University of...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 1
Baptiste was born in Saint James Parish, Louisiana on 4 November 1916. He is in town [Annotator's Note: New Orleans]...

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