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Dunlavy, Jack Basic Training to the USS Missouri (BB-63)
After being drafted, Jack Dunlavy went to Anniston [Annotator's Note: Anniston Army Depot in Bynum, Alabama] to the induction center.
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Dunlavy, Jack Japanese Surrender Ceremony
After the war was over, three envoys [Annotator's Note: from the government of Japan] were sent to Jack Dunlavy's ship [Annotator's
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Dunlavy, Jack Kamikaze Hit at Okinawa
A kamikaze hit Jack Dunlavy's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Missouri (BB-63)] on 11 April [Annotator's Note: 11 April 1945] off Okinaw
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Dunlavy, Jack Prewar Life to Being Drafted
Jack Dunlavy was born In Avery, Mississippi in June 1925. It was a small town. His father was a millwright at the Turner Lumber Company.
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Dunlavy, Jack Returning Home
Jack Dunlavy came back for Navy Day [Annotator's Note: 27 October 1945]. He thought he wanted to stay in the Navy but changed his mind.
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Dunlavy, Jack Third Fleet Actions
On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit Tokyo [Annotator's N
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Dunne, Edward D-Day Invasion
Edward Dunne and the men [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS LST-53] were told what was going to happen [Annotator's Note: for D-Day;
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Dunne, Edward Feeding Orphans in France
Edward Dunne went to England and then made Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France aboard the USS LST-53] as one of the first ones in [An
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Dunne, Edward Feelings Towards Enemies
Edward Dunne [Annotator's Note: a crewmember aboard the USS LST-53] did not like the Germans or the Japanese.
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Dunne, Edward Life on Ship During D-Day
Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six tanks.
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Dunne, Edward Prewar Life to Liberated France
Edward Dunne was born in October 1924 in Winsted, Connecticut. He got remarried after his first wife died and he moved back there.
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Dunne, Edward Reflections
Edward Dunne's most memorable experience of the war is seeing dead people. It is bad, especially when it is a lot of dead being hauled away.