Andre Chappaz was born on September 14, 1925 in San Francisco, California. As a child of French parents, his family moved to Paris in the early 1930s, but when it became apparent that...

Andy Negra Jr. was born on May 28, 1924 near Avella, Pennsylvania and was the first in his family to graduate from high school. Joining the U.S. Army on August 2, 1943, he attended basic training at...

Mae Krier was born on March 21, 1926 in Dawson, North Dakota. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, her brother enlisted in the US Navy along with thousands of other American men...

Arlester Brown was born on April 1, 1924 in Homer, Louisiana and spent a great deal of his life in Shreveport, Louisiana. At age 18, he was drafted on July 6, 1942 into the U.S. Army...

Betty Huffman Rosevear was born on June 3, 1921 in Big Valley, Canada. She moved with her parents and 10 brothers and sisters to Oregon and trained to become a nurse in a Catholic School...

William was born in the Bronx, New York City on February 7, 1926 and graduated from high school in 1943. Prior to enlisting in the Army Air Force, he worked as a propeller mechanic...

Bill Casassa was born on September 5, 1925 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He graduated High School mid-Senior year and began college studies under an “accelerated program.” On July 21, 1943, volunteered for...

Calvin Shiner was born on February 17, 1923 in St. Corpus Christi, Texas and was drafted into the Army on February 1, 1943. He was trained as a combination welder, but as a member of the...

Carl was born on February 6, 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Four months after graduating from high school, he joined the US Navy in October, 1943 at age 17 and attended bootcamp in Sampson, NY. After receiving...

Chet was born on September 15, 1925 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He went into active service on December 20, 1943 in Newark, NJ and was sent first to Fort Dix for 2 weeks, then basic training at Fort...

Clayton B. Baum was born on June 1, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from high school in 1941. In 1943, he was drafted into the US Army and attended basic and advanced training...

Cletis A. Bailey was born November 30, 1925 in Bradley County, Tennessee. Shortly after graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Army on August 4, 1944. In January 1945 he was shipped to Europe...

David F. Freeman was born on April 13, 1925 in Raleigh, NC. He attended Wake Forest College in September, 1942 and enlisted on December 9, 1943 at Fort Bragg. From there he went to Camp...

Daniel Keel was born on September 10, 1922 in Mineola, NY. In 1941, he graduated from Boston Latin School where he attained the rank of Cadet 2nd Lt in JROTC. He continued his education at Northeastern...

Edward L. Berthold was born on November 20, 1919 in Chicago, IL. After high school, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he didn’t want to be in the infantry. He went into active duty...

Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse was born on January 14, 1927 in Roxbury, MA. On his 17th birthday, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps. While on the train headed for boot camp, Woody and his fellow...

Floyd F. Blair was born on November 15, 1920 in Fort Wayne, Alabama. He attended Georgia Tech and graduated with an electrical engineering degree while a part of the ROTC. He joined...

Fred J. Nungesser Jr. was born on September 5th, 1925 in Union City, NJ. He was drafted into the Army in July, 1944 after he graduated from high school and was brought directly to Fort...

Genevieve “Genny” Jennings was born on July 23, 1923 in St. Louis, MO. She enlisted in the Marines as part of the Women’s Reserve in May 1943, however a hold was placed on all...

George was born on April 29, 1925 in Jenkins, Kentucky. He attended basic training at Camp Wheeler, GA where he was assigned to the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) of the 101st Airborne...

George Reitmeier was born on June 3, 1925 in Lackawanna, New York. He attended Technical High School and during his senior year an Army recruiter visited the school and promoted the Army...

Gideon was born on March 30, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. At age of 13, the Nazis took over Austria and placed him in a school for Jewish children. His father was taken prisoner and upon his release...

Harold Terens was born on August 6, 1923 in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from high school in 1941 and enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in 1942. He attended basic training in Miami Beach before being sent to radio...

Henry ‘Sam’ Carlile was born on January 9, 1924, in Hickory Flat, Mississippi. He enlisted June 16, 1943, at Camp Forest, TN and was sent to Ft. Monmouth, NJ to be trained as a radio operator...

Hewitt B. Gomez was born January 28, 1925 in Baton Rouge, LA. In 1943 at 18 years old, he enlisted and was sworn into the US Army Air Corps in New Orleans, LA. He was sent to Greensboro..

Hilbert Margol was born on February 22, 1924 in Jacksonville, Florida. Both he and his twin brother Howard joined the ROTC in college and were drafted to serve in the US Army. They completed 13 weeks...

Jack Stowe was born in Denton, Texas on September 28, 1926 and was working at a grocery store when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Jack knew this was a life changing event..

Jake M. Larson was born on December 20, 1922 in Owatonna, Minnesota. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1938, lying about his age as he was only 15 years old. In February 1941, his guard...

Joe Kenneth Jones was born on June 13, 1923 in Dacusville, SC. Joe attended Clemson A&M College in September, 1940. He received orders to report to Fort Jackson on June 14, 1943 and was...

John was born October 12, 1925 in Rochester, New York and enlisted in 1943 in the ASTP. Due to heavy losses in the European campaigns, the Army needed infantrymen. He was assigned to Company A, 347th...

Jack was born on March 24, 1923 in Long Beach, NY. When he was 20 years old, Jack worked for American Airlines at LaGuardia Field, New York. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces, Air Transport Command in 1943...

John “Bill” Kongable was born on February 22nd, 1926 in Hominy, Oklahoma. Bill was drafted into the Army on May 28th, 1944 and received his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. After completion...

John Wardell was born on July 12, 1925 in Point Pleasant, NJ. After graduating from high school, John entered the Army in October 1943 in Camden NJ and attended basic training at Camp Blanding, FL...

Joseph “Ben” Miller was born on January 14th, 1925 in Morristown, NJ.
He was drafted and inducted into the Army on May 21st, 1943...

Joe Peterburs was born on November 25, 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota . He enlisted in the Army Air Corps November 30, 1942 and was selected for pilot training in April, 1944, commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant...

Joseph R. Picard was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June 25, 1925. He was drafted into the Army on August 10, 1943 and was trained as a Cannoneer of a 240mm Howitzer at the Field Artillery...

Karl D. Kammer was born on January 13, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Army on his 18th birthday in 1944 and began his basic training on March...

Melvin Hurwitz was born on March 12, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland. He started college in Nashville, Tennessee but soon after joined the U.S. Army. He attended basic training in Greensboro, North Carolina...

Moshe D. Lenske was born on June 20, 1925 Portland, Oregon. After graduating from high school, Moshe enlisted into the Army on September 18, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. He attended basic training...

Neal was born on March 27, 1927 in Star, NC. Upon turning 17 years old, Neal volunteered for the Marines. After boot camp, Neal was sent to Guadalcanal with F Company, 29th Marine Regiment, joining the...

Paul E. Priest was born on December 25, 1925, in Flint, Michigan. In the spring of 1942, Paul’s high school graduation was followed by a draft letter from the U.S. Army on June 28, 1944...

Richard “Dick” Ramsey was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 31, 1923. He was motivated to quit school and join the war effort seeking employment at the Brooklyn Navy Yard...

Richard was born on September 24, 1924 in Buffalo, New York. While attending automobile school, he was inducted into the Navy on July 22, 1943 at 18 years old. Richard trained at Sampson Naval...

Richard was born on November 29, 1920 and raised in Marion, Indiana and graduated from high school in 1939. While attending embalming school in 1942, he received his draft notice and was inducted...

Robert was born on September 4, 1923 in Hampton, New Jersey. Before he could complete his senior year of high school, he was drafted into the Army in March, 1943. He attended basic training at...

Ronald “Rondo” Scharfe was born on September 14, 1927 in Chicago, IL. He enlisted in the US Navy on November 2, 1944 at 17 years old and attended boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes. After...

Sam Meyer was born on August 6, 1924 in New Orleans, LA. He was drafted in February, 1943 into the Army Air Corps and boarded a train on St. Patrick’s Day headed to basic training in...

Thomas Garner was born on November 22, 1923 in Long Beach, CA. He was drafted into the US Army on March 5, 1943. After completing basic training at Camp Butner, NC, he was assigned to the 78th...

Tom was born on April 12, 1925 Huntington, IN and grew up in Wheaton, IL. He enlisted in the Army on July 15, 1943 at Ft. Sheridan. He completed basic training at Camp Fannin, TX. Together with...

Victor Chaney was born on July 26, 1925 in Indiana. He was drafted in 1943 and was inducted into the Army on December 22nd of the same year. Following his basic training, Victor went overseas on July...

Wally King was born in Courtland, Ohio on October 31, 1923. After enlisting in the U.S. Army, he was assigned to the 9th Air Force Division as a Private. Shortly after, he became an aviation cadet...

One of thirteen children, Wilbur Jack Myers was born on June 17,1923 in Williamsport, Maryland. In 1943, he was drafted into the Army and trained to be a gunner with the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion...

William Clay Toombs was born on May 8, 1924 in Little Rock, Arkansas. At age 18, he enlisted into the Army Air Corps on October 31, 1942 and trained at gunnery school in Texas. He then went on to Salt...