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Hirschmann, Peter Early Life
Peter Hirschmann was born in December 1924 in Nuremberg, Germany. He was raised there as the son of a patriotic World...
Grahlfs, F. Early Life
F. Lincoln Grahlfs was born in December 1922 in New Haven Connecticut. His father was a World War 1 veteran who had a...
Cresswell, Constance Early Life
Constance Cresswell was born in 1924 in Nutfield, Surrey, England. When she was about six years old, she moved with...
Gruen, Dieter Early Life
Dieter Martin Gruen was born in November 1922 in Walldorf, Germany. His father was a school principal and his mother...
Ridyard, Herbert Early Life
Herbert W. Ridyard was born in July 1925 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He lived a very basic life when growing up. There...
Sciortino, Philip Early Life
Philip James Sciortino, Sr. was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in September 1923. He...
Villars, Robert Early Life
Robert Villars was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1925. His father held his job as a clerk throughout the...
Vallas, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Vallas was born in March 1921 in a small town in Idaho [Annotator's Note: Pocatello, Idaho]. His father died...
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...
Bowsher, Walter Early Life and Army Service
Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....
Kerner, John Early Life and Basic Training
John Kerner was born in February 1919 in San Francisco, California. His family moved to Boston, Massachusetts for a...
Higgins, Malcom Early Life and Becoming a B-17 Pilot
Malcolm Hershel Higgins was born in April 1921. He was delivered by his grandfather. His father was a World War 1...
Moore, Hilar Early Life and Becoming a Marine
Hilar Clement Moore, Jr., served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. During the war, he was a...
Goldberg, Edwin Early Life and Becoming a Pilot
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg was born in...
Levin, Meyer "Mike" Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Meyer J. "Mike" Levin was born in Venango, Nebraska. It was a small village near the border with Colorado. When he was...
Glass, Helen Early Life and Becoming a WAVE
Helen Anderson Glass was born in March 1923 in North Walpole, New Hampshire but was raised in New Jersey. Even though...
Bollich, James Early Life and Becoming an Airman
James J. Bollich was born on a farm south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. His family primarily grew...
Quigley, Tom Early Life and Childhood
[Annotators Note: The interview begins mid conversation but gets on track shortly after the initial conversation.] Tom...
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...
Kight, Otis Early Life and Enlistment
Otis Kight grew up near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] and nearby Stone Mountain [Annotator's Note: Stone...
Bonelli, William Early Life and Enlistment
William Patrick Bonelli was born in March 1921 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He grew up with an older brother. He credits...
Mc Murray, Steve Early Life and Enlistment
Steve McMurray was born in June 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as an accountant for a realty company...
Carlson, Harry Early Life and Enlistment
Harry Carlson was born in October 1924 in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He grew up there as a single child. His father...
Haines, George Early Life and Enlistment
George Haines was born in April 1925 in Rochester, New York. His father worked at the YMCA [Annotator's Note: Young Men...
Savage, Frank Early Life and Enlistment
Frank N. Savage was born in June 1921 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. His parents had a difficult time during the depression...
Saik, Ogden Early Life and Enlistment
Ogden Saik was born in September 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He lived with his family in the New Orleans...
Gresham, Ray Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Ray Gene Gresham was born in July 1927 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the last of the six children of a farmer. After...
Amore, Frederick Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Frederick Amore was born in 1924 in Bay Ridge, New York and lived there until age 17 when he moved to Rome, New York....
DeMott, Joseph Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Joseph DeMott was born in August 1918 in Big Run, Pennsylvania. He was the only child of a railroad worker and a...
Jaccarino, Richard Early Life and Entry into the Service
Richard Jaccarino was born in May 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. When he was still an infant, the family moved to the...
Griffenhagen, George Early life and joining the Army
George Bernard Griffenhagen was in Plzen, Czechoslovakia on VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], 8 May...
Renstrom, Keith Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Keith Renstrom joined the Marine Corps on 13 June 1940. He went through boot camp in San Diego. He was raised on a farm...
Kynett, Gerald Early Life and Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Gerald Kynett was born in December 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, right outside...
Allen, George Early Life and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
George Allen was born in September 1925 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He had two sisters growing up there with him. His...
Stern, Herbert Early Life and West Point
Herbert Stern was born in December 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland. He left at age six for Rockville, Maryland, where he...

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