Reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Annas, Floyd Prewar Life
Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...
McCormick, Bruce Prewar life
Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....
Caudle, John Prewar Life
John Caudle was born in January 1926 in a farmhouse in Farmington [Annotator's Note: Farmington, North Carolina]. It...
Osborne, Loraine Prewar Life
Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...
Eshelman, Raymond Prewar Life
Ray Eshelman was born in Dayton, Ohio, in July 1925. He grew up there and attended school. He graduated [Annotator's...
Wellington, Harold Prewar Life
Harold Wellington was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in September 1924. He had one older brother and one...
Cole, Wendell Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Tso, Samuel Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
Gibb, Owen Prewar Life
Owen Gibb was born in Canada in 1925. His parents were farmers. He was raised on a farm in Alberta [Annotator’s Note:...
Chambers, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene W. Chambers was born on a farm in Union Mills, Indiana in January 1922. His father was a farmer. Chambers became...
Cowell, Ernest Prewar Life
Ernest Cowell was born in January 1927 in Los Angeles, Hollywood [Annotator's Note: Los Angeles, California]. His...
Carman, Victor Prewar life
Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...
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...
Stewart, Roy Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining to Roy Stewart how the interview process works...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Prewar Life
[Annotator's Notes: There is a brief conversation before the interview officially begins.] Robert H. "Bob" Harris was...
Salter, Cary Prewar Life
Cary Salter was born in December 1921 near Macon, Mississippi. His father was a country doctor. They lived seven miles...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Prewar Life
Bernard Hillenbrand was born in May 1925 in Syracuse, New York. Growing up in the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Block, Louis Prewar Life
Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length. They were more focused...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Prewar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-conversation.] Rosemary Ramsey was born in Levington, Michigan [Annotator's...
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...
Smith, Samuel Prewar Life
Samuel W. Smith was born in September 1924 in Texas. His father was killed when he was 12 years old. He was the oldest...
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...
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...
Ratliff, Rob Roy Prewar Life and Basic Training
Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...
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...
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....
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...
Hayashi, Shizuya Prewar Life and Draft
Shiyuza Hayashi was born near Waialua Sugar Plantation on the west side of the island [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii...
Mayne, Colin Prewar Life and Draft
Colin Joseph Mayne was born in March 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana], where he also grew...
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...

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