Reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Marsh, Alexander Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Alexander Marsh was born in November 1922, one of eight children, on a farm in Hardee County, Florida. As a young man,...
Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera...
Heller, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Heller was born in December 1921 in Lake Wood, Ohio and became a member of the United States Army's 91st Bomb...
Fitz, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...
Shook, Hal Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...
Sved, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Edwin Sved was born in February 1924 in New York, New York and grew up through difficult times in a caring family. He...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Elizabeth Gibbens was born in January 1920 in Corning, New York. Her father, a schoolteacher at the time, moved the...
Scholes, George Early Life, Enlistment and Training
George Scholes was born in Endeavor, Wisconsin, and had a typical childhood there with his three siblings. His father...
Hever, John Early Life, Enlistment and Training
John Hever was born in 1924 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of four children and the only boy....
Sivak, Steve Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Steve Sivak was born in February 1922 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He had one older sister. His parents raised him in...
Harris, Whitney Early Life, Enlistment, and Assignments
Whiney Harris was born in August 1912 in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and the...
Lafleur, Kenneth Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Kenneth A. Lafleur was born in May 1923 in Ville Platte [Annotator's Note: Ville Platte Louisiana]. Before the war, he...
Thelen, Richard Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
[Annotator's Note: The interview video skips a bit in the beginning.] Richard Thelen was born in March 1927 and grew up...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Early Life, Enlistment, Basic and Aircrew Training
Russell Engel was born in Vesta, Minnesota, the son of a farmer who left the farm to work in oil refineries in Caspar,...
Serna, Fernando Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Corregidor
Fernando Serna was born in Laredo, Texas in October 1922. He was a senior in high school when the war started. He was...
Hanley, Fiske Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
Fiske Hanley was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas, one of the five children in his family. Although he grew up...
Bazet, James Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...
Lebsack, Wayne Early Life, Enlistment, Training, and Deployment
Wayne Lebsack was born in July 1925 in Great Bend, Kansas. He and his two sisters grew up in Galatia, Kansas where his...
Rans, Robert Early Life, Entering the Service, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...
Lansford, William Early Life, Joining the Marines and Service in Iceland
William Douglas Lansford was born in 1922 in Los Angeles. His father was an Anglo from Texas and his mother was a...
Nerison, James "Jim" Early Life, Joining the Navy and Going into PT Boats
James Nerison was born in San Francisco. His mother and father moved down to the city of Alhambra near Los Angeles. His...
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...
Pizzolongo, Paul Early Life, Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge
Paul Pizzolongo was born in February 1923 in Bronx, New York. His father picked numbers for the bookies and his mom did...
Lopez, Alex Early Life, the Draft and Basic Training
Alex Lopez was born in May 1926 in Los Angeles, California, the son of a barber. He grew up in a safe neighborhood...
Ryan, John Early Life, the Draft, and Training
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] John Ryan was born in June 1924, one of four...
Mero, Robert Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Robert Mero was born in December 1924 in Canastota, New York, the youngest of the family's three sons. During the Great...
Caplan, Lester Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...
Koone, Carl Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Carl Koone was born in Cleveland, Arkansas in August 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression in a family that ran...
Coxe, John Early Life, Training and Deployment
John Coxe was born in August 1921 in Walker, Louisiana. He was one of seven children, four of whom were members of the...
Callender, Alvin Early Life, Training and Deployment
Alvin Callender was born in 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Before he joined the military, he was a student at...
Bruner, Lauren Early Training and Pearl Harbor Attack
Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 18, Lauren Bruner first reported to San Diego, California, for three months of...
DeMott, Joseph Early War Duty in the Pacific
When the war started, Joseph DeMott was still working as a radio operator. His group was scheduled to take off for...
McGuire, Joseph Early War Service
Since he was a twin-engine pilot, Joseph McGuire had been told he would be a training pilot but was then reassigned to...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Early Years
Samuel Spector was born in Manhattan, New York in July 1924. He worked as a delivery boy for furriers. He also worked...
Glass, Murray Early Years
Murray Glass was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was the manager and part owner...
Gikas, Gus Early Years
Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

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