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Introduction: Civilian Life – Pre War Merwin Joseph DeKorp was born on 16 December 1912 in the Bronx, New York, to Sidney and Grace DeKorp and spent his young years in Brooklyn and later, as a teenager, lived in Manhattan on West 86th Street. He had only one brother. Dad excelled at his studies and […]

Introduction: Walter was born Waclaw Kucharski on July 31, 1920 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. His parents, Antoni Kucharski and Kataryna Oberwanowicz immigrated to America in the early 1900s from Poland and settled in Bayonne, New Jersey where they met and married circa 1914. Antoni, a strongly built man, held several laborer positions for […]

Introduction: Harold Frederick O’Keefe was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on 18 February 1916, to Thomas and Louise O’Keefe. Harold had 4 sisters, Laura, Ruth, Muriel and Catherine. The O’Keefes were divorced in 1920, and after Louise married Ben Estrow, the family moved to New York City. As stepfather Ben was an electrical stagehand who […]

Introduction: The actual date of my birth was 17 January, 1916, but I was told by my Parents that my Birthday was the 18th and naturally all school records and birthdays were celebrated on 18 January, until I needed a Birth Certificate for my marriage at the age of 25, and found out the correct […]

Introduction: Dr. Philip J. Morrison was a native of Nashua, New Hampshire, where he was born 22 April 1910. His parents were John L. Morrison and Josephine F. Sullivan. After attending Grammar School for 8 years, he went to High School where he followed courses during another 4 years. Philip Morrison then went to the […]

Induction & Training: Theodore Ross Willits was born on 12 December 1921 to Donald Pray Willits and Hilda Ballard Ross in Hancock County, Indiana in the home of his grandfather, Walter E. Ross. Ted spent his early years at the farm until his father’s work moved them to the east side of Indianapolis. He tells […]

Induction & Training: I was drafted into the US Army on 16 September 1943 and sent to Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington (Army Ground Forces Training Camp –ed). Once there, I was outfitted with military clothes and gear and was put on a troop train for a seven-day trip through Oregon, Wyoming and on to Camp […]

Introduction: Harlan Smith Byrne was born July 28, 1920 in Laclede, Linn County, Missouri. His parents were Nathaniel Byrne (1875 – 1937) and Emmaline Georgia Fifield (1883 – 1968) who were blessed with 5 children. Harlan had 4 siblings: Robert (born 1914), Howard (born 1915), Frances (born 1917) and Donald (born 1921). After graduating from […]

Introduction: I am a native of New York, where I was born in 1924. We lived in Liberty, New York. After 4 years of High School, I received my orders to report for induction, got duly registered, and was finally inducted in Binghamton County, New York on 22 April 1943. After spending 2 more days […]

Introduction: I was born in NYC in 1925. Before entering the US Army in July 1943, I attended the College of the City of New York, where I majored in Advertising and Marketing (I completed my BBA and MBA after returning from the ETO in September 1945, with the aid of the G.I. Bill). My […]