Prewar life

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Purvis, Frank Prewar Life as an Attorney
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis graduated from Louisiana State University with a law degree in 1935]. Purvis was only...
Zerphey, Winfield Prewar Life then Airman Training
Winfield K. "Win" Zerphey was born in October 1924 in the small town of Floren outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He...
Neste, Norman A. Prewar Life to Basic Training
Norman Neste was born in August 1923 in Hemet, California. His father was a housing contractor and they did well during...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Prewar Life to Becoming an Army Nurse
Helen Gagel [Annotator’s Note: born Helen Cosgrove] was born in 1915 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. She had four brothers...
Loring, Bud Prewar Life to Being Commissioned
Bud Loring was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. His father was an automotive, boat, and heavy construction mechanic....
Jacobson, Martin Prewar Life to Demolition Training
Martin Jacobson was born in Zurich, Montana in 1921. He attended college and got a deferment from service until he...
Little, Henry Prewar Life to Drafted
Henry Floyd Little was born Kemper County, Mississippi near DeKalb. He lived in the country and his family raised their...
Landrum, Thomas Prewar Life to England
Thomas Landrum was born in April 1919 in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father was a painter and paper hanger. He was sick...
Dendy, Lloyd Prewar Life to Enlistment
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with a conversation in progress.] Lloyd Dendy was born in July 1922 in Homer,...
Wilson, Anderson Prewar Life to Enlistment
Anderson Wilson was born in March 1923 in Lake Washington, Mississippi. His mother died when he was three years old....
Langrehr, Henry Prewar Life to Enlistment
Henry Langrehr grew up during the Great Depression in Clinton [Annotator's Note: Clinton, Iowa]. It was a hard time....
McDermott, James Prewar Life to FLying Anti-Submarine Patrols
James J. McDermott was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in October 1920. He worked for a brick manufacturing plant and...
Braitman, Simon Prewar Life to German Attack
Simon Braitman was born in March 1930 in Maciejowice, near Warsaw, on the Vistula River in Poland. At the age of two,...
Grunte, Leon Prewar Life to Labor Camps
Leon Grunte was born in January 1926 in Riga, Latvia. It was fun growing up there. His father was a baker who was a...
Sandoz, James Prewar Life to Omaha Beach
James Sandoz was born in New Iberia, Louisiana in January 1924. His father was a farmer. They did not have electricity...
Albright, William Prewar Life to Reported as Missing In Action
William Albright's father was a mailman. Albright was born in May 1923 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1960, he worked...
Dillon, Gerard Prewar Life to the Draft
Gerard Dillon was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in January 1920. His mother was a...
Harvey, David Prewar Life to the Pacific
David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...
Hyland, Everett Prewar Life to the Pennsy
Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...
Lowe, Robert Prewar Life to Top Secret Radar Sets
Robert Lowe was born in Hutton, Louisiana in July 1922. He worked his way through high school during the Great...
Brewster, Oliver Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Deployment to Europe
Oliver Brewster was born in 1926 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He had three sisters. His father was a sharecropper, and...
Poye, Matthew Prewar Life, Being Drafted and Training
Matthew Poye was born in January 1928 in White Valley, Pennsylvania. He had two brothers and four sisters. His family...
Purvis, Frank Prewar Life, Education, and ROTC
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Frank Purvis what he brought with him. He explains]. Frank Purvis was born in...
Gorman, Ted Prewar Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Crowley, Daniel Prewar Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Daniel Crowley was born in May 1922 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had five brothers. He remembers that during the Great...
Broussard, Lee Prewar Life, Enlistment and Military Service Stateside
Lee R. Broussard was born in December 1925 in Loreauville, Louisiana. His father was a construction worker and then...
Johnson, Erwin Prewar Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment to the Philippines
Erwin Johnson was born in October 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended George Washington School through the...
Stewart, Roy Prewar Life, Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Roy Stewart was born in September 1926 in Amite, Louisiana. He enjoyed living in a small town. His father was an...
Treen, John Prewar Life, School and Military Training
John Treen was born in 1926 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he resided until his family moved to New Orleans when he...
Hughes, Lowell Prewar Life, the CMTC and Joining the 45th Infantry Division
Lowell Hughes was born in Poteau, Oklahoma in October 1919. He stayed there until he was 18 years old. He went to the...
Martin, Oscar Prewar Life, the Draft and Military Training
Oscar Otto Martin was born in Watseka, Illinois in June 1924. He was the oldest of three siblings. His only brother...
Fulton, Robert Prewar Service and Joining the USS Houston (CA-30)
Admiral Robert B. Fulton was born in December 1910 in Burlington, Vermont and grew up in Washington, D.C. He went to...
Golemi, Frank Prewar to Aviation Cadet
Frank Golemi was born in November 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a butcher and had his own shop. They...
Jaber, Anton Prewar to Basic Training
Anton Jaber was born in June 1925 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up there and his mother died when he was two...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Prewar to Ghetto Life
Micha Tomkiewicz was born in May 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. He was an only child as his parents were young when he was...
Bornstein, Lester Prewar, Enlistment and Basic Training
Lester M. Bornstein was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in February 1925. As a child he was very athletic and played a...

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