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Edwards, Troy Munda Point

Troy Edwards and his unit [Annotator's Note: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 14 (CASU-14)] loaded their equipment on shallow draft vessels at Gu
Edwards, Troy Reflections

Troy Edwards was an Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class, an AM2c, while in the Navy. That rate in the Navy may no longer exist.
Edwards, Troy Returning Home

Troy Edwards and his unit [Annotator's Note: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 14 (CASU-14)] reached Guadalcanal and set up to repair aircraft tha
Ehlers, Dorothy Early Life

Dorothy Decker Ehlers was born in December 1931 in Long Beach, California and grew up there during the depression years.
Ehlers, Dorothy Reflections

Dorothy Ehlers wants future generations to remember how the soldiers of World War 2 loved their country as much as her husband Walt [Annotator'
Ehlers, Dorothy Walter Ehlers

Dorothy Ehlers met her future husband, Walt [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor Recipient Walter Ehlers], while she was ice skating.
Ehlers, Helen Life as a Marine

Helen Ehlers idolized the Marines. She was anxious to go to boot camp. She thought she was going to fight.
Ehlers, Helen Prewar Life

Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a laborer at a foundry.
Ehlers, Helen Reflections

Helen Ehlers started working before she joined the service. She went back to work for Western Electric after her service.
Ehlers, Walter Battlefield Commission, Crossing the Rhine and Wounded by Friendly Fire

After 30 days at home, Walter Ehlers returned to his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Di
Ehlers, Walter Hospital Stays, Stars and Stripes and Going Home

Walter Ehlers rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division] in Belgium after b
Ehlers, Walter Moving Inland From Omaha Beach

Walter Ehlers moved his squad up the hill to the trenches [Annotator's Note: during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944].