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Callander, Sherwin The Invasions of Morocco, Salerno and Normandy
In the Atlantic, Sherwin Callander was on the USS Lyon (AP-71), a transport ship that brought troops and supplies to the front.
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Callender, Alvin Assigned to the CBI
After a 30 day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], during which Alvin Callender married, he was sent t
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Callender, Alvin Close Calls
Recalling when his aircraft was hit over Tunis, Tunisia, Alvin Callender said he was in combat with German Focke-Wulf fighter aircraft when his sup
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Callender, Alvin Early Life, Training and Deployment
Alvin Callender was born in 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Callender, Alvin Flying Combat Missions in Europe and North Africa
Alvin Callender was based at Shrewsbury, England, and he recalled one afternoon when the sky filled with Spitfires [Annotator's Note: British
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Callender, Alvin Invasions of Sicily and Italy
From Gozo Air Field on the island of Malta, Alvin Callender flew patrols in support of the invasion of Sicily.
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Callender, Alvin Postwar Service and Discharge
When Alvin Callender returned to the United States, he was sent to Goodfellow Field at San Angelo, Texas to train students in P-17s [Annotator'
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Callender, Alvin Response to Enemy Raids
The bases where Alvin Calendar served were often under attack by the enemy. He spent many a night in an air raid shelter.
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Callender, Alvin Review of His Military Service
Alvin Callender went from second lieutenant to captain, and was appointed Operations Officer of the 308th Squadron [Annotator's Note: 308th Fi
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Camacho, Arturo Assignment on Bataan
When the war started, Arturo Camacho was one of five soldiers in Battery E of the 60th Coast Artillery Unit, camped at Middleside, right on top of
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Camacho, Arturo From Prisoner to Free Man
Arturo Camacho remembers going down to the docks, and coming away with a canteen full of brown sugar that had been scraped from the deck of a ship.
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Camacho, Arturo POW on Manila
Arturo Camacho’s unit was moved to Corregidor, and trained to take over the 12-inch mortar at Battery [Annotator’s Note: indistinct identifier].