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Sherbecoe, Martin Early Life to Working in Hawaii
Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...
Smith, John Early Life, and Enlistment
John E. Smith was born in June 1922 in Magnolia, Arkansas. His father was an Army sergeant and the family moved around...
Dunford, Philip Early Life, Basic Training and Overseas Deployment
Philip Dunford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 1925. He lived in Chester, Virginia when he was five...
Siebert, Herbert Early Life, Being Drafted and Military Training
Herbert Siebert was born in April 1925 in Saint Louis County, Missouri. He was one of five siblings; his father died...
Lennon, Daniel Early Life, Being Drafted, Training and Deployment
Daniel J. Lennon was born in February 1925 in Vienna, Austria. His father was in graduate school for medicine. They...
Gordon, Fred Early Life, College, and Military Training
Fred Gordon was born in 1918 in Emerson, Nebraska. He was one of nine children and his father was a teacher during the...
Ingram, George Early Life, Commission and Assignment
George Ingram was born in December 1918 in Mellow Valley, in Clay County, Alabama, one of the seven children of a...
Caraway, John Early Life, Commissioning and Deployment
John F. Caraway was born on in November 1922 in Baytown, Texas, the son of an antiques dealer. At an early age, his...
Keller, Fred Early Life, Drafted into the Navy, and Deployment
Fred L. Keller Jr. was born Algiers, Louisiana in January 1924. After he graduated high school, he got a job working at...
Wilterdink, Virginia Early Life, Education and Enlistment
Virginia Wilterdink was born near the Canadian border in Woodland, Maine in October 1922. She was one of five children...
Samuelson, Arne Early Life, Education, and Basic Training
Arne Samuelson was born in January 1922 in Sandefjord, Norway. He was two years old when he immigrated to America with...
Henleben, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Amphibious Training
Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...
Sparks, Bennett "Bud Sparks" Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Rear Admiral Bennett Sher Sparks, United States Coast Guard, Retired, was born in October 1925 in Pittsburg,...
Myers, Jr., William Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
William Myers, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1926. During the Great Depression his father worked...
Amico, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Thomas Amico was born in June 1926, the fourth of four children of Italian immigrants who settled into an area called...
Horton, Alan Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...
Johnston, Roy Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Roy Johnston was born in Emma, Louisiana and grew up in various settlements in the northwest of the state. His father...
Piazzo, Lincoln Early Life, Enlistment and Aviation Training
Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...
Stewart, Stanley Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Stanley Stewart was born in July 1924 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He lived in that model small town, where his father...
Baumgarten, Aaron Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Aaron Baumgarten was born in 1922 in New York, New York, the fifth of the five sons in his family. His father worked in...
Spraker, Elmer Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...
Morgan, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr., was born in September 1920 in Bossier City, Louisiana with one sister. He grew up in...
Guercia, Salvador Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...
Carawan, Chris Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Chris Carawan was born in 1926 in Washington, North Carolina into a family of seagoing people. His father was a sea...
Yavenue, Richard Early Life, Enlistment and Military Training
Richard Yavenue was born in July 1925 in Harvey, Illinois. He had three sisters. His dad was a laborer and died when...
Long, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Overseas Deployment
Thomas Long was born in January 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri. His father died when he was only three years old,...
McClure, Herb Early Life, Enlistment and Overseas Deployment
Herb McClure was born in March 1924 in Neodesha, Kansas, the only male and oldest of five siblings. His father had an...
Leese, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...
Dickinson, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in September 1924, the second of two children. At an early age his...
Denzler, Edward Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Edward Denzler was born in Jamaica, New York. He grew up during the Great Depression and happily attended art classes...
Ferris, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...
Gutman, Jack Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Jack Gutman was born in December 1925 in San Francisco, California, the son of a salesman who had nine children. The...
Earles, John Early Life, Enlistment and Training
John Earles was born in April 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a section foreman on the GM...
Boos, Michael Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Michael Wilford Boos was born in May 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of five children. During the Great...
Jagoe, Armiger Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Armiger Jagoe was born in April 1921 in Okolona, Mississippi and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi when he was two years...
Lefever, Paul Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Paul Lefever was born in September 1920 in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, the youngest and only son among the three...

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