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Brock, Pete Great Depression to Breakout of War
Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters.
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Brock, Pete Joining the Navy
Pete Brock and his twin brother enlisted in the Navy together on 27 April 1944 and were called to active duty on 6 June of that year upon graduatin
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Brock, Pete Reflections of the War
Pete Brock's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 and when his crew helped shoot down a kamikaze
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Brock, Pete War in the Pacific
On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, co
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Broll, Walter Aftermath of the German Raid on Bari
Walter Broll became more cautious as a result of his experience at Bari, Italy with the German bomber attack on Allied ships.
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Broll, Walter Being Alert and Lessons Learned
Walter Broll benefited by the war because it made him an alert man instead of the 18 year old minor he was when he entered the Merchant Marine.
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Broll, Walter Early Life
Walter Broll was born in 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up and was educated in Baltimore.
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Broll, Walter End of the War
Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari, Italy and headed for the ocean.
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Broll, Walter German Air Raid on Bari Harbor
Walter Broll saw the raid on Bari, Italy start at about 7:30 at night while the Grace Abbott's cargo was being offloaded.
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Broll, Walter Going to Sea
Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did manage to do a round trip.
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Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in New York] and was assigne
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Broll, Walter Outlook on Life
In addition to making him more alert, the war also improved Walter Broll's outlook on life.