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Eshbach, Robert Crossing the Rhine
Robert Eshback and the three other men of the machine gun section stood guard 24 hours a day, then they switched off.
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Eshbach, Robert Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Robert Eshback was born in 1924 in Beckersville, Pennsylvania. He was one of two sons of a foundryman.
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Eshbach, Robert Overseas Deployment
Robert Eshback went overseas on the USS Wakefield (AP-21), a troop transport ship that traveled alone, and he was seasick for one day, until he lea
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Eshbach, Robert Reflections
Robert Eshback believes that the war was a good experience for a lot of men; for him, it wasn't good. It took a lot of years from him.
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Eshbach, Robert War's End in Europe
In March [Annotator's Note: March 1945], Robert Eshback was in the Ruhr Pocket; in April his battalion [Annotator's Note: 681st Glider Fi
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Eshbach, Robert War's End in the Pacific and Homecoming
When the division [Annotator's Note: 17th Airborne Division] broke up, Robert Eshback was sent to the 101st [Annotator's Note: 101st Airb
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Eshelman, Raymond Closing Thoughts
Ray Eshelman did not take long to transition back to civilian life. He was looking forward to it. He did not miss the Navy at all.
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Eshelman, Raymond Enlistment to USS LST-801
Ray Eshelman knew everybody was going to be drafted.
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Eshelman, Raymond Into the Pacific
Ray Eshelman was in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]
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Eshelman, Raymond Kamikazes to Discharge
The kamikazes were day and night [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June 1945, Okina
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Eshelman, Raymond Life Aboard Ship
Ray Eshelman had been on USS LST-925 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts, before reporting aboard USS LST-801].
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Eshelman, Raymond Postwar Life and Career
Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge.