Mr. Ruby. Robert, 15 years of age; Denise, 13 years of age; and Joyce, 10 years of age.
Mr. Hubert. Where do you presently reside?
Mr. Ruby. 29925 Woodland Drive, Southfield, Mich.
Mr. Hubert. Is Southfield near Detroit?
Mr. Ruby. Yes; it is a suburb, northwest suburb of Detroit.
Mr. Hubert. Mr. Ruby, I wish to get some general background concerning you, starting off with where you were born and where you spent the early years of your life. Will you tell us, please?
Mr. Ruby. Yes, sir. I was born in Chicago on April 16, 1915, and I lived on what is known as the east side of Chicago, and went to school in that area for a few years, and then my mother and father became separated, and I was sent to a foster home, and then I also was sent to live on a farm for a year, a little more than a year. Then I came back and lived in another foster home for awhile. Then we sort of, the family sort of, got together and I moved back with my mother and the rest of the family other than my father, and then we more or less lived together until I enlisted in the Service in 1942, and then my mother passed away in 1944, and then I became married in 1945. Is that skipping too much, do you think?
Mr. Hubert. No; I would like to go back a bit and get some dates on some of the things you have said there. For example, when did your father and mother separate so that home was broken?
Mr. Ruby. I don’t know. I don’t remember, it is so far.
Mr. Hubert. How old were you, roughly?