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Moxon, Milton Early Life
Milton Moxon was born in Sparta, Michigan in March 1925 and grew up in Grand Rapids. He was the fifth of seven children...
Jeffrey, Wallace Early Life
Wallace Jeffery was born on 27 January 1922 in Sioux City, Iowa. He moved many times but by nine years of age, the...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Early Life
Rollins Rosenzweig was born in 1924 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His father was a prosperous man who had a grocery store...
Collie, C. Early Life
C. Charles Collie, Jr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1922 and grew up there. He left in 1940 to enroll in the...
Hartzell, Frank Early Life
Frank Hartzell was born in January 1925 in Buffalo, New York. After six months, his family moved to the Philadelphia...
Pierce, William "Bill" Early Life
William Pierce was born in Queens Village Long Island, New York in January 1925. He grew up in Queens and attended...
Taylor, Claude Early Life
Claude Larry Taylor was born in November 1926 in Sorrento, Louisiana. His father worked for the lumber industry moving...
Halloran, Walter Early Life
Walter Halloran was born on 25 August 1923 in Chatfield, Minnesota. Growing up on his family’s farm was extremely...
Oplinger, Robert Early Life
Robert Oplinger was born in August 1925 and grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed his life. He remembers the...
Mayeur, Russell Early Life
Russell Mayeur was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1927. His family had a tough time during the Depression...
Fisher, David Early Life
David Fisher was born in December 1925 in Evangeline, Louisiana and grew up in Jennings, Louisiana where his family...
Zeringer, Harold Early Life
Harold Zeringer was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1922 and grew up in New Orleans. There were good neighbors and friends...
Tizzard, Thomas Early Life , Working for Higgins, Enlistment and Deployment to New Caledonia
Thomas A. Tizzard Jr. was born in July 1924 in Echo, Louisiana. His family owned a farm and in 1938 they moved to New...
Watson, Harry Early Life and Enlistment
Harry Watson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in August 1926. His father was a glazier, his mother a housewife and he...
Halvorsen, Gail Early Life and Air Force Career
Gail Halvorsen was born in October 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his family moved to Garland, Utah. He competed...
Tisdale, Olin Early Life and Airplanes
Olin Tisdale was born in April 1925 in Bluff Springs, Florida. Although his father had a farm and ran a grocery store...
Liles, Robert Early Life and Becoming a Fighter Pilot
Robert Liles was born in 1920 in Webb City, Missouri and grew up in Jefferson City. When the depression began, his...
Houston, Jack Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Jack Houston was born in Rochester, New York in May 1926. His father was a foreman in a foundry and was able to...
Leefe, Guy Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
Guy Leefe, Jr. was born and raised in New Orleans. After graduating from Fortier High School in 1938 he began taking...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Early Life and Becoming a WASP
Geraldine Nyman was born in Emmett, Idaho in 1920. She grew up with a family that moved every year. Her father was a...
Blackwood, William Early Life and Becoming an Army Officer
William Blackwood was born in March 1921 in Lancaster, Ohio. He was an only child, and lived in a small community near...
Fitts, Charles Early Life and Being Drafted
Charles Fitts, Jr. was born in December 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He lived there until he was about four years old....
Knight, Edwin Early Life and College
Edwin Knight was born in 1923 in Washita, Arkansas. He grew up on a small farm there during the Great Depression....
Vaadi, Eugene Early Life and Enlisting
Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...
Orlando, Joseph Early Life and Enlistment
Joseph Orlando was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1922. He was the 11th child born but four of his...
Witmer, Donald Early Life and Enlistment
Donald Witmer was born an only child in September 1924 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His mother died when he was 18...
Linett, Joseph Early Life and Enlistment
Joseph "Joe" Linett was born in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania in April 1924, the younger of two male children in his family...
Lovell, James Early Life and Enlistment
James Lovell was born in March 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, but as a young child his father's profession in the heating...
Burke, Murphy Early Life and Enlistment
Murphy Burke was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in February 1926. He and his only sibling, a sister, grew up in New...
Gilmore, Wayne Early Life and Enlistment
Wayne McKinnon Gilmore was born in Mount Hope, Kansas in November 1921. His family moved to Opelousas [Annotator's Note...
Weiner, Reuben Early Life and Enlistment
Reuben Weiner was born in Los Angeles, California on Bastille Day [Annotator's Note: national day of France] in July...
Mahier, Henry Early Life and Enlistment
Henry H. Mahier was born in July 1926 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up in the country north of town, on family...
Reale, Albert Early Life and Enlistment
Albert Reale was born in March 1925 in New Britain, Connecticut. He had a good childhood among his three brothers in a...
Verlander, David Early Life and Enlistment
David E. Verlander, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1923, the youngest of four children. His father was a...
Smith, Louis Early Life and Enlistment
Louis Smith was born in April 1925 in Newport, Kentucky. He grew up during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce...
Moore, Frederick Early Life and Enlistment
Frederick Moore was born in December 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts during...

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